John Mason:
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many customers have been disconnected by each energy provider in each of the last eight quarters. [289126]
Mr. Kidney:
I have been asked to reply.
Ofgem monitors the level of debt and disconnection and publishes relevant data in annual and quarterly reports. The most recent quarterly report was published in January 2009 and contained data for the third quarter of 2008.
Data from these reports show that the numbers of electricity and gas customers disconnected for debt over the last eight quarters were:
Supplier
Fuel
Q4 2006
Q1 2007
Q2 2007
Q3 2007
Q4 2007
Q1 2008
Q2 2008
Q3 2008
British Gas
Elec
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Gas
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Countrywide Gas
Gas
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
E.ON(1)
Elec
26
49
79
124
224
152
159
26
Gas
99
189
153
293
293
198
225
22
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Ecotricity
Elec
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
EDF Energy
Elec
99
71
89
181
153
186
361
315
Gas
166
120
206
278
274
305
284
281
Electricity and Gas Plus Supply Ltd.(2)
Elec
0
0
0
0
0
7
11
9
Gas
2
2
0
0
0
8
39
18
First Utility
Elec
n/a
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Gas
n/a
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Good Energy
Elec
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
7
Npower(3)
Elec
171
238
148
194
281
101
60
61
Gas
464
711
609
582
441
308
33
13
Scottish and Southern
Elec
37
50
64
31
33
31
42
61
Gas
187
162
293
132
141
104
129
64
Scottish Power
Elec
124
136
202
142
168
252
323
208
Gas
241
205
277
177
189
184
229
237
Utlita
Elec
n/a
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Gas
n/a
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
Elec
457
544
582
672
859
729
960
687
Gas
1,159
1,389
1,538
1,462
1,338
1,107
939
635
(1) Up to and including Q4 this supplier was reported on as Powergen. (2) Up to and including Q4 2006 this supplier was reported on as Telecom Plus. (3) Npower figures through to Q4 2007 also include Npower Northern and Npower Yorkshire.
Full details of Ofgem's annual and quarterly reports can be found online at:
