To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many (a) complaints and (b) items of correspondence have been received from (i) businesses, (ii) representative bodies of businesses and (iii) members of the public by his Department on energy costs in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. (106254)

The information can be provided only at disproportionate cost. The Department’s current correspondence handling system cannot order cases by topic, and to provide this information would require reading through over 9,000 cases.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the average household energy bill was in (a) England and Wales, (b) England and (c) Wales in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. (106264)

Energywatch, has estimated the typical standard credit energy bill in Great Britain as £642 for gas and £388 for electricity giving a total bill of £1,030. Separate data for Wales, England and Scotland are not available.

Actual bills will be affected by a number of factors, including the number of customers switching supplier and/or payment methods, and future tariff changes from the energy suppliers.