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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October to Question 55106 on Fuel Oil and Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Prices, when he will announce the mechanism which identifies those eligible for the £100 payment for heating oil and liquified natural gas; and how and when recipients will receive payment.

The Government has doubled support to £200 for alternatively fuelled households, in recognition of the pressures caused by these rising fuel costs. The Government is committed to delivering this payment to households as soon as possible this Winter. The Government will announce further information on the delivery and timing of these payments in due course.