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1699254

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what support they intend to provide to households to adapt to changes in energy prices.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2024 answer text <p>Energy prices have fallen significantly since winter 2022-23, and the Quarter 2 2024 price cap of £1,690 has fallen by nearly 60% since the Quarter 1 2023 price cap peak. Despite this, the Government has committed to supporting households in 2024-25, with a further cut to National Insurance contributions down to 8%, an increase to benefits of 6.7%, and the largest increase to the National Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p>The Warm Home Discount continues to provide a £150 rebate off energy bills for eligible low-income households until 2025-26.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 08/04/2024 09:15:14 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1698588

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential (a) merits and (b) impact on vulnerable groups of dynamic energy pricing.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	20372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>Smarter technologies, tariffs, and services, including potentially dynamic energy pricing, can bring benefits for many consumers.</p><p> </p><p>At the same time, we recognise that we must have the right consumer protection framework in place, particularly for vulnerable consumers.</p><p> </p><p>In February, the Department launched a Call-for-Evidence on Default Tariffs which explores how default tariffs should evolve to work in a future, more dynamic, market. More information can be found here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F66019a0065ca2fa78e7da7dc%2Ffuture-default-tariffs-for-households-call-for-evidence.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C6e37882c42cd4979be8908dc5f98f060%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638490357666680489%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=1cGNW5mpp%2BVnN4KuIyaoNS7a1V4mzVVBXEqRvKNMxOQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66019a0065ca2fa78e7da7dc/future-default-tariffs-for-households-call-for-evidence.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Additionally, in their future work plan, Ofgem have committed to look at consumer protection in the future market and update their vulnerability strategy, alongside their ongoing work to protect vulnerable consumers.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 18/04/2024 11:46:28 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1697606

registered interest
date	20/03/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the energy price cap on household default tariffs on (a) the average annual energy bill for households and (b) trends in the level of profits of energy companies.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	19760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>Decisions on the price cap are for independent regulator Ofgem. Average energy bills are published online at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F65c65524cc433b0011a90ba8%2Ftable_221.xlsx&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7Cf6d94edb347441888c3808dc4a6d1baf%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638467079666225195%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=hig6hIWcg8j2Zh3UffgAGptQREU6uN6t17gNaeUWrCQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65c65524cc433b0011a90ba8/table_221.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>A break down of the components of the price cap, including the earnings allowance, may be found at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ofgem.gov.uk%2Fenergy-price-cap&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7Cf6d94edb347441888c3808dc4a6d1baf%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638467079666225195%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=s9uiT53sbRPKvC7o6yeED6rC6fPIfQglQVT0EroIBno%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.ofgem.gov.uk/energy-price-cap</a>.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 25/03/2024 07:10:43 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1691357

registered interest
date	23/02/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress her Department has made on the fairness and affordability review on consumer energy bills.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	15400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the challenges posed by cost-of-living pressures, including the impact of energy bills, and is already providing extensive financial support to households which includes a £104 billion package, or £3,700 per household on average, over 2022-2025.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to support households with the cost of living past April 2024. In the Autumn Statement the Government announced the biggest increase to the National Living Wage, which will benefit around 2.7 million workers and is worth £1,800 to a full-time worker. We also announced an increase to benefits of 6.7% which is worth around £470.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 28/02/2024 06:31:28 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1690967

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Cornwall Insight’s forecast of a 15 per cent reduction in the household energy price cap in the second quarter of this year; and what steps they will take to further alleviate the financial burden on households.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The setting of the default tariff (price) cap is a matter for Ofgem.</p><p>On 23 February Ofgem confirmed the price cap is to be £1,690 for the second quarter of this year, which is a reduction of 12% on the previous quarter and the lowest level for two years. The Government has a package of targeted cost of living support for households and is increasing pensions and the national living wage.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 04/03/2024 12:25:58 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1691920

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of her Department's funding schemes providing support with the cost of energy.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	901684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government delivered over £40 billion in support last winter to households and businesses, covering half of a households’ energy bill, between October 2022 and June 2023. <br> <br> This provided an average of £1,500 to households to support their energy bill costs.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 27/02/2024 12:47:27 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1689467

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the reports from the Social Market Foundation entitled Fairer, warmer, cheaper: New energy bill support policies to support British households in an age of high prices, published on 8 March 2023, and Bare necessities: Towards an improved framework for social tariffs in the UK, published on 29 September 2023.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	14366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is continuing to support those most in need with millions of vulnerable households receiving up to £900 in further cost-of-living payments this winter, with an extra £150 to those on eligible disability benefits. This is in addition to the established support of the Winter Fuel Payment worth between £250-£600 and the £150 Warm Home Discount.</p><p> </p><p>In the Autumn Statement we also announced the biggest increase to the National Living Wage, worth around £1,800 to a full-time worker, and an increase to benefits of 6.7% to further support households past April 2024.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 23/02/2024 12:54:08 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1687334

registered interest
date	05/02/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to support families that are not eligible for universal credit support with their heating bills.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	12942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2024 answer text <p>Energy prices have fallen significantly compared to last winter, and the Government is continuing to support those most in need.</p><p> </p><p>Millions of vulnerable households are receiving up to £900 in further Cost of Living Payments, with an extra £150 to those on eligible disability benefits, in addition to established financial support available for low income and vulnerable households through the Winter Fuel Payment and the Warm Home Discount.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has announced an increase to the National Living Wage benefiting around 2.7 million workers, an increase to benefits of 6.7%, and tax cuts which will benefit around 27 million people.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 12/02/2024 13:42:15 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1687393

registered interest
date	05/02/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the impact of different levies for gas and electricity on heating bills.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	13036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2024 answer text <p>Several crucial environmental and social policy costs are funded ('levied') through consumer bills to reduce the burden on the taxpayer. These schemes are vital to developing domestic sources of low-carbon electricity to reduce our exposure to volatile global fossil fuel markets and protect consumers in the long term.</p><p> </p><p>A list of the current schemes that are funded through households and business energy bills is on the Ofgem website. <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ofgem.gov.uk%2Fenvironmental-and-social-schemes&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C6f1901eb61f84f27425d08dc2bacf1a1%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638433268982505666%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=SDnu%2B%2BiVuuTddOx6ol0Yj0rGaAVPWz3Y8G4fGGQw%2Bp4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/environmental-and-social-schemes</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>For households on default tariffs, Ofgem's published methodology for the price cap sets out how these costs should be passed to consumers, for instance the split between electricity and gas. </strong><strong><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ofgem.gov.uk%2Fenergy-price-cap&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C6f1901eb61f84f27425d08dc2bacf1a1%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638433268982515238%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=cMi2EhtJGCGNkA8DMFP8XltGy2tDNYYgSMxufASwhJU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/energy-price-cap</a></strong></p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 12/02/2024 13:42:55 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1686231

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when she next plans to hold discussions with Ofgem on estimated trends in the level of energy costs in the next 12 months.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	12288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>Ministers and officials regularly meet with Ofgem to discuss a range of issues including trends and forecasts for the energy market. Ofgem monitor the energy market including the traded prices for Forward Delivery Contracts for periods many months in advance. Market information that is publicly available is published by Ofgem on their website:</p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ofgem.gov.uk%2Fenergy-data-and-research%2Fdata-portal&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C1962376797154d93f81708dc26414da2%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638427309137137992%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=OB4V1E9HsYbHxZU6UlrI2BeUqfHptt3nZ4zGdkqjc5Q%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/energy-data-and-research/data-portal</a></p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 05/02/2024 12:14:20 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell