Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason people receive less funding under the Energy Bills Support Scheme than people who have a direct relationship with their energy supplier.

Households in Great Britain that have a direct relationship with their electricity supplier are receiving a £400 non-repayable payment in six instalments under the Energy Bills Support Scheme as part of the £37bn cost-of-living assistance package announced in May 2022. The Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding (EBSS AF), which covers households in Great Britain that do not have a direct relationship with their electricity supplier, will provide equivalent support of £400 payable in a single instalment. The EBSS AF will launch later this month.