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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2022 to Question 115831, on Energy Company Obligation, what contingency measures his Department is putting in place to ensure that the transition between the end of ECO3 and the start of ECO4 does not negatively impact vulnerable energy consumers.

The Government has engaged with industry during the drafting and analysis stages of the consultation for ECO4 and has continued regular engagement with obligated suppliers on the new scheme design. The Government consulted on continuing a scheme that supports low income and vulnerable or fuel poor households across Great Britain, including a carry-over mechanism, which enables suppliers to continue delivery above their existing obligation, to count towards ECO4. The Government will issue a response to the ECO4 consultation shortly.