Energy: Debts

(asked on 7th November 2023) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to introduce a temporary Help to Repay scheme for energy debts in the Autumn Statement 2023.


Answered by
Gareth Davies Portrait
Gareth Davies
Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 13th November 2023

Through the energy crisis, the Government has provided unprecedented support for consumers, including by paying nearly half of household bills between October 2022 and June 2023, saving households £1,500 on average.

This is in addition to the benefits uprating and Cost of Living Payments in 2023-24, helping more than 8 million UK households on eligible means tested benefits, 8 million pensioner households and 6 million people across the UK on eligible disability benefits.

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