Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of changes in energy bills on households and businesses in rural areas.

The Government is concerned about the effect of changes in energy bills on all households and businesses, including those in rural areas and considers the needs of all types of households and businesses when developing policies.

We publish regular information on industrial energy prices and on domestic energy bills in DECC’s Quarterly Energy Prices. Industrial prices are only available at the UK level. Average domestic energy bills are produced for each of the 15 Public Electricity Supply (PES) regions in the UK:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/quarterly-energy-prices

We also publish regular information on the impact of policies on prices and bills.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-impacts-of-energy-and-climate-change-policies-on-energy-prices-and-bills