Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to ensure that households on prepayment meters are prioritised for the roll out of (a) heat pumps and (b) other low cost energy sources.

The Energy Company Obligation (ECO4) is worth £1 billion per year and is focused on low income and vulnerable households, providing energy efficiency and heating measures, regardless of whether they use a prepayment meter or not.

Other targeted schemes include the Energy Company Obligation (ECO), the Home Upgrade Grant (HUG), the Local Authority Delivery (LAD) scheme and the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund.