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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how rural (a) businesses and (b) households that use (i) kerosene and (ii) generators for (A) heating and (B) electricity will be able to access the financial support made available by his Department in winter 2022.

The Government is working at speed to deliver support for off-grid consumers and will publish details shortly.

Households not on standard gas or electricity contracts – such as some living in park homes or on heat networks - will receive support equivalent to both the Energy Price Guarantee and the Energy Bills Support Scheme.

Equivalent support to the Energy Bills Relief Scheme will also be provided for non-domestic consumers who use heating oil or alternative fuels instead of gas. Further detail on this will be announced shortly.