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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether heat network customers are included in the £100 additional payment outlined in the Growth Plan 2022, as they will not be eligible to receive support for heating costs through the Energy Price Guarantee.

Households not on standard gas or electricity contracts, such as those on heat networks – and so outside the available support schemes – will receive support equivalent to both the Energy Price Guarantee and the Energy Bills Support Scheme. The Government is working at pace to determine the most practical and tested routes to deliver this support.