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1582751

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/02/2023
	date	01/02/2023
	date tabled	01/02/2023
	ddp created	01/02/2023 18:56:07
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	02/02/2023 16:35:39 06/02/2023 11:00:23
	hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
	house id	1
	identifier	137844
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	06/02/2023 10:28:40
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the number of individuals eligible to make an application for payment under Energy Bill Support Scheme Alternative Funding.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 137844
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	137844
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding will provide support of £400 for energy bills for around 900,000 households without a direct relationship to a domestic electricity supplier.</p>
	creator	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1582752

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/02/2023
	date	01/02/2023
	date tabled	01/02/2023
	ddp created	01/02/2023 18:56:12
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	01/02/2023 19:06:11 09/02/2023 17:33:12
	hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
	house id	1
	identifier	137845
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	09/02/2023 17:02:03
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what length of time it takes to process payments under the Energy Bill Support Scheme Alternative Funding once an application has been submitted.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 137845
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	137845
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The exact date that an eligible household will receive support will depend on when the application is made and when the payment can be processed by the relevant local authority. The online application portal and accompanying contact centre helpline for those who do not have online access will be open by 27 February.</p>
	creator	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1582998

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/02/2023
	date	01/02/2023
	date tabled	01/02/2023
	ddp created	01/02/2023 19:13:35
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	02/02/2023 16:35:36 06/02/2023 16:13:11
	hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
	house id	1
	identifier	137948
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	06/02/2023 15:41:24
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether domestic energy users who pay for their energy usage through an intermediary such as a park home manager are eligible for the Energy Bills Support Scheme discount when applications open at the end of February.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 137948
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	137948
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Energy Bill Support Scheme Alternative Funding (EBSS AF) will provide £400 support to those households that do not have a direct relationship with a domestic electricity supplier in England, Scotland, and Wales, with the application portal due to open by 27 February. However, in cases where a park home site manager has a domestic energy contract, they will already be receiving EBSS support automatically, and this support needs to be passed on to the end user in a just and reasonable way.</p>
	creator	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1581926

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/02/2023
	date	30/01/2023
	date tabled	30/01/2023
	ddp created	30/01/2023 23:53:15
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	31/01/2023 00:15:07 02/02/2023 18:17:11
	hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
	house id	1
	identifier	135137
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	02/02/2023 17:46:04
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the statement by the Minister for Energy and Climate of 25 January 2023, Col 1026, what the eligibility criteria for energy support will be for households without a relationship to a domestic supplier; and what steps he is taking to communicate the criteria with relevant households.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 135137
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	135137
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The GOV.UK page in February 2023 will include an overview of eligibility for the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding. This is likely to include care home residents, residents of park homes, tenants in certain private and social rented homes, residents of caravans and houseboats on registered sites, farmers living in domestic farmhouses, and off-grid households. The Government will announce when the new scheme is live and will work closely with stakeholder groups and representative bodies to give them an update on progress, ensuring eligible households are made fully aware of the scheme and encouraged to apply.</p>
	creator	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1580732

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	30/01/2023
	date	25/01/2023
	date tabled	25/01/2023
	ddp created	25/01/2023 19:35:34
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	25/01/2023 19:55:39 03/02/2023 11:22:11
	hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
	house id	1
	identifier	132313
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	03/02/2023 10:50:15
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he expects to issue guidance on the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding to local authorities to enable them to administer the scheme; for what reason that guidance has not been provided to date; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 132313
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	132313
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Energy Bill Support Scheme Alternative Funding is due to be launched in February, and local authorities will be provided with guidance ahead of this launch. Based on feedback from the pilot scheme, the Government has taken the decision to extend the pilot phase to ensure that it makes the scheme as robust and effective as possible, and that this is reflected in our guidance to local authorities.</p>
	creator	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1568321

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/01/2023
	date	18/01/2023
	date tabled	18/01/2023
	ddp created	18/01/2023 20:11:40
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	18/01/2023 20:35:25 24/01/2023 13:13:11
	hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
	house id	1
	identifier	126598
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	24/01/2023 12:41:22
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his planned timetable is for payments to begin under the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding in England.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 126598
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	126598
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Applications for the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding (EBSS AF) are expected to open later in January and will remain open until the end of April. Those who are eligible for the EBSS AF will need to submit a short form via the government's GOV.UK pages, and their details will be shared with local authorities across England, Scotland, and Wales who will deliver the one-off, non-repayable support this winter. The exact date that an eligible household will receive support will depend on when the application is made and when the payment can be processed by the relevant local authority.</p>
	creator	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1568322

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/01/2023
	date	18/01/2023
	date tabled	18/01/2023
	ddp created	18/01/2023 20:11:43
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	18/01/2023 20:35:28 23/01/2023 18:16:13
	hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
	house id	1
	identifier	126599
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	23/01/2023 17:44:55
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to issue Local Authorities with guidance on making payments through the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 126599
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	126599
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Energy Bill Support Scheme Alternative Funding (EBSS AF) is due to be launched later this month, and local authorities will be provided with guidance ahead of this. The Government will also be hosting webinars ahead of the scheme launch to provide additional information to Local Authorities on the role they will play in delivering the EBSS AF.</p>
	creator	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1568323

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/01/2023
	date	18/01/2023
	date tabled	18/01/2023
	ddp created	18/01/2023 20:11:46
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	18/01/2023 20:35:30 26/01/2023 13:54:25
	hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
	house id	1
	identifier	126600
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	26/01/2023 13:24:11
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of steps taken to help extend the Energy Bills Support Scheme to households without a direct relationship with their energy supplier.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 126600
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	126600
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding is being provided to around 900,000 households without a direct relationship with a domestic electricity supplier. This will be a payment of £400 per eligible household. The application will be open on or by Monday 27<sup>th</sup> February, with a dedicated customer helpline available to assist customers without online access. Further details will be published shortly.</p>
	creator	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1567577

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/01/2023
	date	17/01/2023
	date tabled	17/01/2023
	ddp created	17/01/2023 21:57:18
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	17/01/2023 22:21:47 20/01/2023 12:59:12
	hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
	house id	1
	identifier	125280
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	20/01/2023 12:27:12
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the total value of remaining energy bill discount vouchers that were not redeemed by 14 January 2023 claimant deadline.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 125280
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	125280
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>As of 1 December, energy suppliers had issued 4,044,554 vouchers to customers with traditional prepayment meters, of which 2,659,344 had been redeemed. The latest data is here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fenergy-bills-support-scheme-payments-made-by-electricity-suppliers-to-customers&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C0b310d28c69f4690ecd008dafad69e74%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638098096922613961%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=O4euYIPtgku8hQr2vxMhvd1SpE0jABEm1eW1Sk7Fx3Y%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-bills-support-scheme-payments-made-by-electricity-suppliers-to-customers</a></p><p>Data to end December will be published shortly. Figures for January will be published next month.</p><p> </p><p>Suppliers have an obligation and must evidence that they have attempted to make a minimum of three attempts by at least two different methods to contact customers who have not redeemed their voucher. Replacement vouchers can be issued but must be redeemed by the 30 June 2023.</p>
	creator	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1567665

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/01/2023
	date	17/01/2023
	date tabled	17/01/2023
	ddp created	17/01/2023 22:00:59
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	17/01/2023 22:25:28 20/01/2023 13:07:13
	hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
	house id	1
	identifier	125322
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	20/01/2023 12:35:18
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on what date will local authorities receive the full scheme guidance for Government’s Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding arrangements for administering the £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 125322
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	125322
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Energy Bill Support Scheme Alternative Funding (EBSS AF) will be launched later this month, and local authorities will be provided with guidance ahead of this launch. The Government will also be hosting webinars ahead of the scheme launch to help provide additional information to Local Authorities on the role they will play in delivering the EBSS AF.</p>
	creator	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris