Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure off grid users of energy (a) are protected by Ofgem and (b) benefit from energy price caps in the same way as grid customers.

The Government has been clear that, depending on the final evidence from the CMA’s market study, regulatory frameworks to protect UK homes reliant on domestic heating oil could be introduced.

In response to rising oil prices, the Government has already implemented a £50m emergency funding package for vulnerable off-grid homes.