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

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce energy bills for households.

The Energy Price Guarantee has been in place to reduce the unit cost of electricity and gas for UK households. This is automatic and applies to all households. The Energy Bills Support Scheme provides £400 off energy bills for households.

Work continues to develop comparable schemes to deliver £400 to households which are not eligible for EBSS, as well as to households in Northern Ireland. Details for both schemes will be announced shortly.

The Government has also introduced the Alternative Fuel Payment of £200, delivering support for homes using fuels such as heating oil, liquified petroleum gas, coal or biomass which will be paid as soon as possible in the new year.