Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the Warm Home Discount Scheme.
The Warm Home Discount currently helps over 2 million low-income and vulnerable households each year with a £140 rebate off their winter energy bill. This year the scheme is providing £354m of energy bills support.
As per the Energy White Paper in 2020, we are extending and expanding the Warm Home Discount scheme to £475m, to support 3 million households each year until 2026. The Government recently consulted on reforming the scheme to focus the support to fuel poor households and we will publish our response in the coming months.