Fuel Poverty
(asked on 23rd February 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address fuel poverty.
Answered by
Lord Callanan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Government is committed to supporting all households, especially low income and vulnerable households.
This winter, the Government is providing direct support to millions of households through the Energy Price Guarantee and the Energy Bills Support Scheme.
This is in addition to targeted support through the cost of living support packages, announced last May for 2022-23 and November for 2023-24. Both packages target vulnerable and low income households, including those on means-tested benefits, pensioners and those with a disability.
Energy efficiency remains the best way to tackle fuel poverty in the long term, with support available through the Energy Company Obligation, Home Upgrade Grant, Local Authority Delivery Scheme and Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund.