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<p>The Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) was introduced in October 2022 to protect millions
of households from the rising high cost of energy. Together, the EPG and Energy Bills
Support Scheme covered around half of a typical household energy bill between October
2022 and June 2023, with a typical household saving £1,100 through the EPG. For more
detail on the expenditure incurred by the EPG and other departmental energy schemes,
I refer my hon. Friend to the Written Ministerial Statement made by my Rt. Hon. Friend
the Secretary of State on 22 April, <em>Official Report, </em><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-statements%2Fdetail%2F2024-04-22%2Fhcws421&data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C6800ac1ed62b4eecdca508dc70f614ee%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638509449421255452%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=OXbWWso9JTFtKvGzpqbAhDKmdApPLHOudCCCVlBvjLY%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank"><em>HCWS421</em></a><em>.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p>The vast majority
of households have benefitted from EPG support, paying less for their energy bills
than they would have otherwise with no government intervention.</p><p>Information
on support levels broken down by parliamentary constituency is not held centrally
and can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p>
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