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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the (a) Energy Price Guarantee for on-grid and (b) £100 for off-grid households on those households; and on what basis his Department determined the level of support for off-grid households.

The Energy Price Guarantee and Alternative Fuel Payment aim to provide equivalent levels of support to all households.

The price of heating oil is estimated to have risen by around 147% between January 2022 to October 2022. A payment of £100 will effectively limit the increase in heating costs to 130%, in line with the benefit offered by the Energy Price Guarantee for customers on mains gas.