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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to extend financial support to assist with the rising cost of energy to households reliant on off grid heating.

The Alternative Fuel Payment will provide a one-off payment to UK households that use alternative fuels for heating, such as heating oil. This will come in addition to the £400 provided by the Energy Bills Support Scheme and the electricity component of the Energy Price Guarantee.

The Government is also providing £800 of one-off support to eight million of the most vulnerable households to help with the cost of living.