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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the impact of increases in the cost of energy on hospices.

The Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRS) provides discount on the wholesale element of gas and electricity bills to ensure that all eligible businesses, including hospices, who receive their energy from licensed suppliers, are protected from high energy costs over the winter period. The Government recognises that organisations such as hospices may continue to experience high energy bills which is why the Government will continue to provide support to eligible non-domestic customers including hospices through the new Energy Bill Discount Scheme which will run from April until March 2024. The Government has also made up to £14.1 billion available for health and social care over the next two years.