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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of whether the affordable warmth component of the Energy Company Obligation that will come into effect on September 2018 will be more focused on those living in fuel poverty in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Great Britain compared to the current eligibility criteria.

The current Energy Company Obligation (ECO) runs until September 2018. Seventy percent of the current scheme, Affordable Warmth, is focused on low income and fuel poor households. The remaining part of the scheme, the Carbon Emissions Reduction Obligation is available for all households.

The Department has recently consulted on the future ECO scheme that will run from October 2018 until March 2022, and the response to consultation will be published shortly.