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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the extent of disabled people's exposure to higher than average energy costs; and if he will take steps to reflect the potential impact of disabled people's exposure to higher than average energy costs in the eligibility criteria for the Warm Home Discount.

The Warm Home Discount reforms will better target automatic rebates to fuel poor households on the lowest incomes, including those with disabilities. The Department’s analysis models an increase in the number of recipients who declare they have a long-term illness or disability by 160,000. The proportion of rebates received by households with a disability or long-term illness will remain higher than the proportion of the fuel poor population or overall population with a disability.