Fuel Oil: Prices
(asked on 10th March 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of increased costs of heating oil on levels of poverty in (a) Arfon constituency, (b) Wales, (c) England, (d) Scotland and (e) Northern Ireland.
Answered by
David Rutley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 15th March 2022
No specific assessment has been made with regards to heating oil.
The Government is providing £12 billion of support to ease cost of living pressures, with help targeted at working families, low-income households and the most vulnerable. A further £9 billion has been announced to protect against the impact of rising global energy prices.