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1582751

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
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.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	137844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 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> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 06/02/2023 10:28:40 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1582752

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
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.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	137845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 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> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 09/02/2023 17:02:03 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 53386 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1582998

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
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.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	137948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 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> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 06/02/2023 15:41:24 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1581926

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
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.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	135137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 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> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/02/2023 17:46:04 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1580732

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
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.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	132313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 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> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 03/02/2023 10:50:15 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1568323

registered interest
date	18/01/2023
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
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.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	126600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 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> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 26/01/2023 13:24:11 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies