Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his policy is on the extension of (a) existing levies and (b) new levies on energy customer bills to fund energy developments.

In recent years, environmental and social schemes, funded by levies on consumer bills, have been instrumental in driving the decarbonisation of the energy system. As set out in the Heat & Buildings and Net Zero Strategies, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy intend to publish a Fairness and Affordability Call for Evidence this year to set out the options for energy levies and obligations. This will consider options to support green choices, expand carbon pricing and remove costs from electricity bills, while seeking to limit the impacts on bills overall, especially for vulnerable consumers.