Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the smart meter roll-out plans submitted by energy companies to OFGEM to meet the 2020 deadline.

Energy suppliers are responsible for planning and delivering the roll-out of smart meters, working within the regulatory framework established by the Government. Energy suppliers’ licence conditions require them to take ‘all reasonable steps’ to roll-out smart meters to all their domestic and small business customers by 31 December 2020. Ofgem is responsible for regulating energy suppliers against this obligation and assessing the adequacy of smart meter roll-out plans submitted to them by energy suppliers.