Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Energy Bill Support Scheme on businesses in Hendon constituency.

Businesses, including those within the Hendon constituency, have already benefitted from the Energy Bill Relief Scheme which ended on 31 March and provided over £7.4 billion of support. Businesses experiencing high energy costs will continue to get a discount on gas and electricity bills under the Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS) until 31 March 2024, including the higher level of support for eligible Energy and Trade Intensive Industries (ETII).

The Government has to date provided £55m of support under the EBDS to non-domestic customers.