Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of (a) the completeness of postcode data supplied to energy companies for administrating the Domestic Alternative Fuel Payment Scheme, (b) whether postcodes SY23 4UA and 4UB were included in that data and (c) the effectiveness of the scheme in ensuring that all eligible households have received payments.

To minimise the number of electrically heated homes which may be paid the Alternative Fuel Payment, Government has filtered households based on if their local area predominantly uses electricity for heating. It is right that Government ensures value for money for the taxpayer. This means that households in these areas which do use alternative fuels will not receive the payment automatically but are still eligible to apply through the Alternative Fund.

Xoserve published data showing which postcodes are off the gas grid: https://www.xoserve.com/media/fadn4tnc/off-gas-live-postcodes-2022.xlsx?term=Off-gas.

Neither postcode referenced is in this data set.