Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the statement by the Minister of State at his Department on 2 September 2014 in the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, that in winter 2013-14 average bills being paid by British Gas customers were £90 lower, what the evidential basis was for that statement.
Answer
Centrica has stated that they expect the average bill of British Gas customers to be £90 lower in 2014 compared to 2013 in their 2014 H1 Interim Results (available at this link.) http://www.centrica.com/files/results/interim14/2014_interim_results.pdf