Health: Energy

(asked on 20th December 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has held discussions with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the potential health impact of self-disconnection of prepayment meters in winter 2022-23; and what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of expected levels of self-disconnection of prepayment meters in winter 2022-23.


Answered by
Neil O'Brien Portrait
Neil O'Brien
This question was answered on 10th January 2023

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Department of Health and Social Care work collaboratively on such areas of crosscutting policy.

No specific assessment has been made. The Government recognises that rising energy prices can make it more difficult for people to heat their homes, and that cold homes can have an adverse impact on the health of vulnerable population groups. We are providing a £37 billion package of cost-of-living support to help households and businesses this winter, including a £15 billion targeted package of direct support for the most vulnerable households. A further funding package worth £26 billion will provide support to the most vulnerable households in 2023/24.

The Priority Services Register is also maintained by electricity network operators to identify and target support to the most vulnerable customers.

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