Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the cost to the public purse of the warm home discount was for (a) 2021-2022 and (b) 2022-2023.

The Warm Home Discount is a supplier obligation scheme, and participating energy suppliers are responsible for providing rebates and funding Industry Initiatives.

In 2021/22, the only costs to Government were administrative costs associated with running the scheme. Participating energy suppliers provided £359 million of support to households.

The final figure for the amount of support delivered under the scheme in 2022/23 will be available in Ofgem’s annual report later in the year.