{"value":{"id":428110,"askingMemberId":1546,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2015-11-13T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2015-11-18T00:00:00","uin":"16157","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average time taken is for customers to switch their domestic energy supplier.","answeringBodyId":63,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Energy and Climate Change","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4117,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2015-11-19T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Ofgem published data on average switching time for domestic customers in Great Britain. It is available online at <a href=\"https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/chart/average-switching-time-domestic-customers-gb\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/chart/average-switching-time-domestic-customers-gb</a></p><br /><p>On 1 June 2015 (latest published data available) the average switching time for domestic electricity supplies was 15.7 days and 15.5 days for gas.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":"2015-11-18T00:00:00","attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Housing: Energy","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/428110","method":"GET"}]}