Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of a potential rise in energy prices; and what assessment he has made of the impact of any such rise on household disposable income (a) of people who are (i) on low pay and (ii) in receipt of social security and (b) in general.
The Government is committed to ensuring fair energy prices for consumers. We therefore introduced the energy price cap in 2019, which saves 15 million households on default tariffs up to £100 a year on average. The level of the price cap is set by Ofgem, the independent regulator.