Oral Answers to Questions

Sarah Green Excerpts

Tuesday 29th November 2022 Commons Chamber

[Graham Stuart]

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his question, and for his close interest in this field and knowledge of it. I look forward to sharing with the House further thoughts on how we can deliver precisely that more dynamic situation going forward. As he rightly says, there are provisions in the Energy Bill, which I am delighted to announce is resuming its passage through Parliament.

[Sarah Green (Chesham and Amersham) (LD)]

6. What steps his Department is taking to support off-grid households with their energy bills.

[Lee Anderson (Ashfield) (Con)]

14. What steps he is taking to support off-grid consumers with their energy bills.

[The Minister for Climate (Graham Stuart)]

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

[Sarah Green]

People living in park homes are concerned that they have had no further information on when support will be available to them, or how they will access it. One representative of the company managing a park home site in my constituency first raised this issue with me in August, yet months on we still have no further information. Can the Minister provide some reassurance that people living in park homes will not slip through the cracks, and give some clarity as to when they will receive the £400 of support that they have been promised?