Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has with Cabinet colleagues on supporting disabled people in Newport Bills with rising energy bills for electrical equipment, including medical equipment.

The Secretary of State and I have regular discussions across Government on a range of issues.

The government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living, including disabled people, and has taken further, decisive action to support people with their energy bills. We have taken action though our new Energy Price Guarantee from 1 October. This is in addition to the over £37bn of cost of living support announced earlier this year which includes:

• the £400 non-repayable discount to eligible households provided through the Energy Bills Support Scheme;
• a Disability Cost of Living Payment of £150 to six million people in recognition of the extra costs they face, including with energy costs;
• up to £650 in Cost of Living Payments for the eight million households in receipt of a means-tested benefit;
• a one-off payment of £300 through, and as an addition to, the Winter Fuel Payment from November to pensioner households.