Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of green levies on rural communities.

Full Impact Assessments have routinely been published throughout billpayer-funded environmental and social schemes, such as the Renewables Obligation, Feed-In Tariff, and Energy Company Obligation, including rural communities if particular impacts are anticipated.

These levies are factored into the price cap set by Ofgem, and do not add to bills over and above that. In addition, rural communities will benefit from the schemes funded by these levies, which improve our energy security by supporting domestically produced, renewable electricity and support energy efficiency measures which bring down the cost of energy and deliver wider health benefits to households throughout the country.