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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the operation of the discretionary support fund for heating network customers, will applications to the fund be received by (a) households applying individually or (b) the property management companies who have purchased gas and electricity commercially on their behalf.

In respect of their heating costs, those on communal heating networks will primarily benefit through the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, details of which were announced on 21 September. They will also receive support in respect of their electricity costs through the Energy Price Guarantee and the Energy Bills Support Scheme. Individuals and property management companies will not need to apply for any of this support. For those heat network customers that will not receive the Energy Bills Support Scheme automatically through their electricity bills, equivalent support will be provided, and more details will be published shortly.