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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support people with paying their energy bills and insulating their homes during winter 2021.

The Energy Price Cap will protect millions of customers this winter. The Government also provides a range of support to low-income, fuel poor and vulnerable households including:

• Warm Home Discount, providing eligible households with a one-off £140 discount on their energy bill for winter 2021 to 2022.
• Winter Fuel Payment, £200 for households with a memberwho has reached State Pension age and is under age 80; or £300 for households with a memberaged 80 and over.
• Cold Weather Payment, a £25 payment for vulnerable households on qualifying benefits when the weather is, or is expected to be, unusually cold.

The Government’s Heat and Buildings Strategy sets out the actions we will be taking to reduce emissions from buildings in the near term, including £3.9 billion of new funding.