Energy: Prices

(asked on 3rd March 2023) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of taking steps to ensure that vulnerable households receive long-term support for energy bills in the context of his upcoming Spring Budget.


Answered by
James Cartlidge Portrait
James Cartlidge
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 13th March 2023

We do not comment on the Budget process ahead of fiscal events.

The government will support the most vulnerable with targeted support throughout the next year, via the substantial package of cost of living support announced at the Autumn Statement. This includes £300 cost of living payments for over eight million pensioners households, £150 for over 6 million individuals on disability benefits and £900 for over eight million households on means-tested benefits. The government also announced an additional £1bn will be provided help with the cost of household essentials, bringing total funding for this support to £2.5 billion. In England this includes an extension to the Household Support Fund in 2023/24, with the devolved administrations receiving funding through the Barnett formula. We have also uplifted benefits and the state pension in line with inflation and increased the National Living Wage.

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