Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the rise in the Energy Price Guarantee in April 2023 on disabled people.

As announced in the 2022 Autumn Statement, from 1 April the Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) ‘target bill’ in GB will be £3000 per year, up from £2500. HM Treasury analysis that accompanied the Autumn Statement can be found here, with analysis on page 13 showing that, both as a percentage of net income and in cash terms, the EPG and Cost of Living payments provide greater support to those households at the bottom end of the distribution than at the top:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1118360/Impact_on_households_-_AS22.pdf.

A Public Sector Equality Duty analysis of the policy has been carried out in the usual way.