Alternative Fuel Payments: Second Homes

(asked on 19th April 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April to Question 175730 on Alternative Fuel Payments: Second Homes, if he will publish details of the checks which are conducted on applications for Alternative Fuel Payments to ensure that claims from second homeowners or holiday homes are not accepted.


Answered by
Amanda Solloway Portrait
Amanda Solloway
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
This question was answered on 24th April 2023

Applicants are asked to self-declare when making an application whether an address given is their primary residence. Local Authorities are required to check this self-declaration against their Council Tax records.

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