Asked by: Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 15 May (HL7507), what was the cost of subsidies to households and businesses for energy bills in each month from December 2021 to present.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The information provided in my previous response is not available broken down by month.
Asked by: Lord Campbell-Savours (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask His Majesty's Government what was the cost of subsidies to households and businesses of energy bills for (1) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, and (4) 2022.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Government has taken decisive action to support households and businesses with energy bills. The Warm Home Discount Scheme has provided £140-150 off winter electricity bills for eligible households, costing around £350 million per year over 2018/19 to 2021/22 rising to £520 million in 2022/23, funded from domestic electricity bills. Energy Intensive Industries have benefited from exemptions and compensation worth £2.2 billion in total between 2018 and 2022, reducing their electricity costs. Additional support has been provided in response to the rise in energy prices with £1.6 billion of support provided to businesses and £12.7 billion to households over October-December 2022.