Fuel Poverty: Government Assistance
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Oral Statement of 21 May 2026 on Middle East: Economic Response, Official Report, columns 731-733 and Ofgem's press release entitled Energy price cap will rise by 13% from July, published on 27 May 2026, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the level of support for fuel poor households.
Answered by Martin McCluskey
Tackling fuel poverty is a priority for this Government. That is why we recently published a new fuel poverty strategy for England alongside the Warm Homes Plan.
With this new strategy, Government is determined to double the pace at which we slash fuel poverty.
We are also investing £15 billion through the Warm Homes Plan – the biggest home upgrade plan in British history – to help lift up to a million families out of fuel poverty by 2030.
The Government acted in the Autumn Budget to reduce electricity costs by scrapping the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) and moving 75% of the domestic costs of the Renewables Obligation to the Exchequer.
In addition, the Warm Home Discount scheme will continue until 2030/31, providing around 6 million eligible households with the £150 rebate on their energy bills each winter.
The rise in the price cap reconfirms the importance of the Government’s mission to get us off the rollercoaster of fossil fuel prices and onto clean, homegrown power we control.
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