{"value":{"id":692103,"askingMemberId":4124,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2017-02-20T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2017-02-23T00:00:00","uin":"64507","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the practicability of switching from pre-pay to direct debit energy suppliers.","answeringBodyId":201,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4115,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2017-02-23T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Existing prepayment meter customers who are not repaying a debt can transfer onto a credit payment method, such as direct debit with their existing or a new supplier – in this case the prepayment meter is then replaced with a standard credit meter.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Energy: Billing","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/692103","method":"GET"}]}