Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment she has made on the impact of rising energy prices on the number of households in (a) Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry; and what steps her Department is taking to reduce fuel poverty levels in those areas.

Energy prices have fallen significantly since the winter of 2022-23. The Quarter 2 2024 price cap of £1,690 has fallen by nearly 60% since the Quarter 1 2023 price cap peak. Despite this fall in prices, we have been supporting millions of vulnerable and low income households through the £900 cost-of-living payments, alongside established financial support including the £150 Warm Home Discount.

There are also multiple targeted energy efficiency schemes in place delivering measures to low income and fuel poor households.

We are currently reviewing the 2021 fuel poverty strategy for England ‘Sustainable Warmth’.

Sub-regional fuel poverty estimates for 2022 will be published on 25^th April 2024.