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Written Question
Energy: Price Caps
Thursday 12th March 2026

Asked by: Lord Walker of Broxton (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likely impact on household budgets of the reduction in the energy price cap due to take effect in April.

Answered by Lord Whitehead - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

As a result of decisions taken in the Budget, the April price cap will fall by £117 to £1,641 per year for a dual fuel customer paying by direct debit. That is more than £200 lower than the same period a year ago.

Suppliers confirmed they will also be passing on the savings to fixed-rate customers.