Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Monday 5th December 2022 Ministerial Corrections

Energy Bills Support Scheme: Northern Ireland

The following is an extract from the Urgent Question on 30 November 2022.

[Graham Stuart]

I thank the hon. Lady for her question, and we are doing everything we can to support consumers and households in Northern Ireland—for instance, with the energy price guarantee. In fact, rather than the £2,500 average annualised bill this winter in GB, it comes in at about £2,200 in Northern Ireland, and we have sought every step of the way to make sure that we recognise the unique circumstances in Northern Ireland. [Official Report, 30 November 2022, Vol. 723, c. 912.]

Letter of correction from the Minister for Climate, the right hon. Member for Beverley and Holderness (Graham Stuart):

An error has been identified in my response to the hon. Member for Belfast South (Claire Hanna).

The correct response should have been:

[Graham Stuart]

I thank the hon. Lady for her question, and we are doing everything we can to support consumers and households in Northern Ireland—for instance, with the energy price guarantee. In fact, rather than the £2,500 average annualised bill this winter in GB, it comes in at about £1,950 in Northern Ireland, and we have sought every step of the way to make sure that we recognise the unique circumstances in Northern Ireland.