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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of launching a public information campaign to reduce energy demand.

A new £18 million public information campaign, launched on Monday 28 November as part of the Government’s wider Help for Households campaign, offer technical tips and advice for people to cut their energy use, while also keeping warm this winter.

Alongside Government support like the Energy Price Guarantee and Energy Bill Support Scheme, the Help for Households website includes actions people can take to save further money on their energy bills such as:

• reducing boiler flow temperature which could save households approximately £100 per year;
• turning down radiators not in use which could save approximately £70 per year; and
• draft-proofing windows and doors which could reduce energy bills by approximately £60 per year.