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 will take steps to ensure that Government support with energy bills is passed on to tenants when their energy costs are included in their rental charges.

The Government recognises the importance of tenants seeing the benefits of the Energy Price Guarantee and the Energy Bills Support Scheme being passed on to them by their landlords.

The Energy Prices Bill introduced on 12 October 2022 includes the provision to require landlords to pass benefits they receive from energy price support onto end users. Further details of the requirements under this legislation will be set out in regulations.