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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on what date his Department informed local authorities in England that they were responsible for making payments under the energy price support scheme to park home residents; and when his Department plans to publish details of (a) the timing of those payments and (b) how those payments can be accessed.

The Alternative Funding will support households not eligible for the Energy Bills Support Scheme as they do not have a domestic electricity connection. The Government’s priority is to work with delivery partners to provide the £400 support to households at their primary residence. Eligibility, timescales and method of delivery will be announced in the coming weeks.