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 ensure that the Energy Bill Support Scheme provides equal help to each household when multiple householders have a shared single domestic energy connection for billing purposes but are classed as separate households for council tax and other official purposes.

The Energy Bills Support Scheme provides one payment to each domestic electricity meter in 6 instalments. In instances where a single domestic meter supplies more than one household, one EBSS discount will have been paid and shared between the households. This approach was taken so that delivery via electricity suppliers could commence in time to support households over the winter.

The Government has provided further support to help with the energy bills including the Energy Price Guarantee which reduces the unit cost of electricity and gas so that a typical household in Great Britain will save around £700 this winter.