Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many SMETS2 meters (a) have been installed and (b) are operational.
The rollout of smart meters is making good progress, with nearly 440,000 meters being installed every month and a total of 10 million meters already operating as of 31 December 2017.
As of the end of January 2018, industry information showed there were around 450 SMETS2 meters connected to the DCC system. Most of these were being operated in test conditions and around 80 had been installed in the live environment.