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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when payments under the (a) Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Fund and (b) Alternative Fuel Payments Fund will begin.

The Government is working to finalise the details of EBSS Alternative Funding and have the process up and running for applications this winter. Eligibility, timescales and method of delivery of will be announced in the coming weeks.

For the Alternative Fuel Payments, the Government will deliver this £200 payment to eligible households as soon as possible this Winter. The Government will announce further information on the delivery and timing of these payments in due course.