Energy Security and Net Zero

Monday 12th June 2023 Ministerial Corrections

Energy Bills: Support for Businesses

The following is an extract from Department for Energy Security and Net Zero questions on 28 February 2023.

[Tom Hunt (Ipswich) (Con)]

6. What steps he is taking to help businesses with their energy bills.

[The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Grant Shapps)]

I mentioned before that we are paying around half of the household energy bill. We are also paying around one third of business energy bills right now through the energy bill relief scheme.

[Official Report, 28 February 2023, Vol. 728, c. 629.]

Letter of correction from the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Grant Shapps):

An error has been identified in my response to my hon. Friend the Member for Ipswich (Tom Hunt).

The correct response should have been:

[The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Grant Shapps)]

I mentioned before that we are paying around half of the household energy bill. We are paying around half of wholesale energy costs for some businesses.

Energy Price Guarantee Extension

The following is an extract from Department for Energy Security and Net Zero questions on 18 April 2023.

[Chris Clarkson (Heywood and Middleton) (Con)]

1. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the extension of the energy price guarantee on household energy bills.

[The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Grant Shapps)]

The energy price guarantee has been extended at the same level for a further three months until the end of June. By then, the Government will have covered nearly half of a typical household’s energy bills during this winter, and a third to a half of business bills as well.

[Official Report, 18 April 2023, Vol. 731, c. 111.]

Letter of correction from the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Grant Shapps):

An error has been identified in my response to my hon. Friend the Member for Heywood and Middleton (Chris Clarkson).

The correct response should have been:

[The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Grant Shapps)]

The energy price guarantee has been extended at the same level for a further three months until the end of June. By then, the Government will have covered nearly half of a typical household’s energy bills during this winter, and around half of wholesale energy costs for some businesses as well.