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This Government is committed to tackling fuel poverty. The latest statistics<\/a> on fuel poverty in England show the average fuel poverty gap \u2013 the amount needed on average to lift households out of fuel poverty \u2013 decreased to £326 in 2016, down from £341 in 2015.<\/p> The best long-term solution is to improve energy efficiency to bring the cost of heating homes down. That is why we have just consulted on focussing the whole of the £640m per year Energy Company Obligation on low income and vulnerable households from later this year.<\/p> We are also introducing a price cap to stop unreasonable price rises for those 11 million households on standard variable and default tariffs and under the Warm Home Discount Scheme, over 2 million low income and vulnerable households are provided with a £140 rebate off their energy bill each winter.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to support (a) single parents and (b) households in private rented accommodation at risk of energy poverty.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what measures are in place to ensure that energy companies comprehensively investigate reasons for variations in meter readings when analogue meters are replaced by smart meters.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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