Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with energy suppliers on financial assistance and debt write-off for households not covered by the Warm Home Discount Scheme.

Ministers and officials regularly meet with Ofgem and suppliers to discuss a range of issues relating to the energy market.

The Government introduced the ‘Breathing Space’ scheme which aims to address consumers’ ability to tackle debt and offers legal protections from creditors for 60 days. Under rules introduced by Ofgem, energy companies must set an appropriate repayment plan based on the customer’s ability to pay, for those at risk of or in debt.