Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to make an assessment of the adequacy of funding awarded to households under the Energy Bills Support Scheme.

The Energy Bills Support Scheme is an £11.7bn scheme which forms part of the previously announced £37bn cost of living package for consumers. The package will see millions of the most vulnerable households receive at least £1,200 of support this year, with all domestic electricity customers receiving £400 to help with their bills.

This scheme is part of the ambitious support the Government is providing this winter. On 8 September, the Government announced the Energy Price Guarantee which will reduce the unit cost of energy in household bills from 1st October to ensure that a typical household in Great Britain pays, on average, no more than £2,500 a year on their energy bill.