Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of eligible households that did not receive an Alternative Fuel Payment.

In Great Britain, an estimated 85% of eligible households received the Alternative Fuel Payment (AFP) automatically via their electricity supplier during February.

In Northern Ireland, payment started in January and it is estimated that a higher proportion of households received the AFP automatically there, because it was a universal payment to all households.

More data on the AFP main scheme will be published in due course.

The most up-to-date figures on households receiving the Alternative Fuel Payment Alternative Fund can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-bills-support-scheme-alternative-fund-gb-ni-and-alternative-fuel-payment-alternative-fund-applications-made-by-customers.

As the data shows, as of 29 June 2023 fewer than 1.5% of applicants to AFP AF Great Britain that had been approved for payment had not been paid.