Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to improve the uptake of Energy Bill Support Scheme vouchers.

The Department has been engaging with stakeholders and suppliers to increase the uptake of traditional prepayment vouchers in GB and continues to work with the sector, as well as consumer groups, charities and local leaders to reach eligible customers with unused vouchers that have not yet benefitted from this support.

This includes ongoing government information campaigns to raise awareness via roaming advert vans, community radio, social media and national magazine titles.

The latest figures published in March indicate that in the first five months of the scheme 78% of issued vouchers were redeemed.