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1457438

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding he has allocated to the £150 household council tax rebate; and what estimate he has made of the total value of the £200 household energy rebate scheme.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	154148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>The government has announced a package of support to help households with rising energy bills, worth £9.1 billion in 2022-23.</p><p> </p><p>This includes a £150 non-repayable council tax rebate from April this year for households in England in council tax bands A-D and £144 million of discretionary funding to support households who need help with their energy bills but are not eligible. The cost of these measures is estimated to be around £3 billion and will be finalised following a reconciliation process to confirm how many rebates have been provided. The devolved administrations will be provided with funding to provide similar support, totalling £576 million that will be distributed through the Barnett formula.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the package also includes a £200 bill reduction to domestic electricity customers’ bills from October 2022, which will help around 28 million households with the cost of living. From April 2023, costs will be recovered through energy bills over 5 years, up to £40 a year per meter point.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 21/04/2022 11:54:21 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1457534

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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, if he will make a statement on potential measures under consideration for households to opt out of the £200 energy bill reduction.
tabling member constituency	South Northamptonshire
tabling member printed	Andrea Leadsom
uin	153947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>The Energy Bills Support Scheme, as announced by my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer on 3 February, is currently the subject of a government consultation issued on 11 April.</p><p>The implementation of the policy will be reviewed following the conclusion of the consultation. Allowing consumers to opt out of receiving the reduction on their bills would likely increase the administrative costs and complexities of the scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/04/2022 16:04:02 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom

1453031

registered interest
date	21/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2022 to Question 139753, whether the £200 rebate will be made available to those with a domestic electricity meter, even where that meter is administered by (a) a landlord or (b) another entity not registered by Ofgem as an electricity licensee or supplier.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	143801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>All households with a domestic electricity meter will receive the £200 Energy Bill Support Scheme reduction regardless of their type of payment method.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) will consult on how best to deliver this policy through a consultation with consumer groups and industry in the Spring.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 28/03/2022 13:13:31 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1453032

registered interest
date	21/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2022 to Question 139574 on Energy Bills Rebate, whether he plans to collect repayments over five years from a greater number of households with an electricity supply than there were when the energy bills rebate was introduced.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	143802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government will recoup the costs of the Energy Bill Reduction Scheme in full from domestic energy bills over five years from 2022-23.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will look at these issues further through a public consultation run by the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) in the spring.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 28/03/2022 13:11:14 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1452462

registered interest
date	18/03/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the funding for the local authority discretionary fund for those not eligible for the council tax rebate will be allocated.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	142507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government confirmed allocations for both the core and discretionary elements of the council tax rebate scheme in guidance published on 23 February. The funding for those allocations will be paid to councils on 30 March.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 23/03/2022 17:36:25 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1441522

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of giving consumers the option to opt out of the repayable £200 discount on energy bills.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	140574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>The intention is that all domestic electricity bills will receive this reduction to keep the scheme simple and administrative costs low. The Government will be consulting on the detail of the scheme in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 23/03/2022 17:33:19 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1440827

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that people on a sub-meter receive the Government's energy rebate.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	139573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government is providing a £200 reduction on bills from October for all households in Great Britain with a domestic electricity meter, to reduce pressure on energy bills this year when global gas prices are high.</p><p>There will be cases where changes in people’s personal circumstances at the time mean they may not directly be the recipient of the reduction, but still see increases in future bills. The Government will look at these issues further through a public consultation run by the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) in the spring, but to spread the cost of the reduction as widely as possible, all domestic energy consumers are expected to contribute to future repayments.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 139574 question first answered 21/03/2022 14:43:41 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1440828

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that people on a sub-meter are not required to pay back an energy rebate that they did not receive in the event that they move to another property.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	139574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government is providing a £200 reduction on bills from October for all households in Great Britain with a domestic electricity meter, to reduce pressure on energy bills this year when global gas prices are high.</p><p>There will be cases where changes in people’s personal circumstances at the time mean they may not directly be the recipient of the reduction, but still see increases in future bills. The Government will look at these issues further through a public consultation run by the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) in the spring, but to spread the cost of the reduction as widely as possible, all domestic energy consumers are expected to contribute to future repayments.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 139573 question first answered 21/03/2022 14:43:41 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1438107

registered interest
date	04/03/2022
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 plans he has to make an assessment of the impact of the Energy Bills Rebate and Council Tax Rebate ahead of the next OFGEM energy price cap announcement that will take effect in October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	134411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>Decisions on the level of the price cap are for Ofgem. The Government is in regular contact with Ofgem and industry to discuss the impact of unprecedented global gas prices and will continue to monitor the situation closely to ensure consumers are protected.</p><p> </p><p>This includes a package of support worth £9.1 billion in 2022-23 which includes a £150 Council Tax rebate for bands A-D, £144 million discretionary funding for local authorities and a £200 energy bill reduction which will help over 28 million households.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/03/2022 15:58:24 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1437467

registered interest
date	02/03/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2022 to Question 127250 on Energy Bills Rebate, what mechanism his Department will introduce to recoup the £200 energy bill reduction for people with pre-payment meters.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	133118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) will work closely with industry and consumer groups to ensure pre-payment customers receive the £200 reduction from October in a way that is convenient for them. BEIS will consider how best to recoup the reduction from customer bills, including for pre-payment meter customers.</p><p> </p><p>This will be done through a public consultation in the spring.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 133119 question first answered 07/03/2022 15:05:55 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead