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Amanda Solloway: The Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) is a 10-year, £3.8bn 2019 manifesto commitment. To date, total committed grant funding for SHDF and the associated demonstrator is over £1bn. The £6bn energy efficiency support package announced in December 2023 allocated £1.25bn towards the SHDF between 2025 and 2028. This funding will provide long-term certainty, support supply chain...
Amanda Solloway: ...charges, as I mentioned, are a matter for Ofgem. However, Ofgem has listened to public sentiment, and it has recently launched a call for input on standing charges. My understanding is that to date, it has had over 40,000 responses. The call for input closed on 19 January, and Ofgem’s paper aims to ensure a greater understanding of how standing charges are applied to energy bills and...
Amanda Solloway: The Government will launch a consultation on the requirement for fuel retailers to provide up to date retail fuel price information shortly. Part 3 of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill will extend the Government’s ability to establish and mandate participation in smart data schemes via regulations. Following conclusion of the consultation process and Royal Assent of the...
Amanda Solloway: ...to reach net zero, while taking into account that some measures under previous plans would have imposed significant up front costs on families. For example, delaying the Electric Vehicle phase out date will allow consumers to choose the vehicle that best suits their budget, whether that means opting for an Electric Vehicle now or waiting to take advantage of falling prices over the coming...
Amanda Solloway: Residential tenants are responsible for paying energy bills from the start date of their tenancy only. Incoming tenants will not be responsible for any unpaid energy bills from a previous tenancy and can request a new bill from their supplier to reflect this if they have been billed incorrectly. With regard to non-domestic tenants, Ofgem's recent non-domestic market review found some issues...
Amanda Solloway: ...of households received the AFP automatically there, because it was a universal payment to all households. More data on the AFP main scheme will be published in due course. The most up-to-date figures on households receiving the Alternative Fuel Payment Alternative Fund can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-bills-supp...
Amanda Solloway: The most up-to-date figures on households receiving the Alternative Fuel Payment Alternative Fund can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-bills-supp ort-scheme-alternative-fund-gb-ni-and-alternative-fuel-payme nt-alternative-fund-applications-made-by-customers
Amanda Solloway: ...bills under the Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS) until 31 March 2024, including the higher level of support for eligible Energy and Trade Intensive Industries (ETII). The Government has to date provided £55m of support under the EBDS to non-domestic customers.
Amanda Solloway: ...and Market Authority’s (CMA) market study and to strongly encourage their participation in the voluntary scheme the CMA has implemented. The voluntary scheme enables retailers share their up-to-date fuel prices daily until the government puts the CMA recommended road fuel prices open data scheme and monitoring function on statutory footings. We will consult on these changes this...
Amanda Solloway: ...function for the UK market, and will consult on this in the autumn. In the interim, the CMA will create a voluntary scheme, by end of August, encouraging fuel retailers to share accurate, up-to-date fuel prices for publication, and continue to monitor prices using its existing powers.
Amanda Solloway: The Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS) started in April 2023 and will remain in place until April 2024. The Government will shortly be publishing information on the support offered to date under the scheme.
Amanda Solloway: ...energy price cap on household default tariffs so that retail prices include a modest allowance for profit. The non-domestic supply sector doesn’t have a price cap as there has been no evidence to date of excessive profits, and prices are determined based on individual supply contracts. Ofgem is carrying out a review of the business energy supply market. The Energy Profits Levy is a...
Amanda Solloway: The Government cannot provide a precise date at which officials will complete their work to establish if there is a robust method for these households to provide proof of eligibility, whilst protecting public funds, so they can claim the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding. The Government is working to resolve this issue and will communicate this decision with key stakeholder...
Amanda Solloway: ...for heating a home. I acknowledge the challenge of building the skills that installers will need; I will take that point away and—with your permission, Madam Deputy Speaker—come back at a later date in a different manner. The steps we are taking include providing support through schemes such as the boiler upgrade scheme and home upgrade grant. We want to make sure that people make...
Amanda Solloway: ...voucher providers had contingencies in place during postal strikes. Vouchers that are expired due to loss, damage or not having been received can be reissued by suppliers and will have an expiry date of 30 June 2023.
Amanda Solloway: ...Local Government Association, the ministerial local net zero forum. It met in February for the first time. Alongside that, there is an officials’ local net zero forum, which has met four times to date. Both forums bring together national Government and local government to discuss key policy and delivery options on net zero. The Department funds five regional local net zero hubs to help...
Amanda Solloway: ...deadline, which the Government believes is sufficient time for households to claim their support. As such, there is currently no proposal for the deadline for the scheme to be extended. The closure date for the scheme has now been included on the GOV.UK webpage.
Amanda Solloway: Eligible organisations will have 90 days from the scheme introduction date of 26 April 2023 to apply for the higher support of the Energy Bills Discount Scheme. New organisations or newly eligible organisations will have 90 days to apply from the date at which they become eligible. Once eligibility has been determined, support will be backdated to the 1st April 2023.
Amanda Solloway: Applicants should receive an update on their application within six weeks, but if this is not received, they should call the contact centre on 08081753287 where an agent can provide further information. The exact date that an eligible claimant will receive support will depend on when the application is made, its complexity, whether additional information is requested by the local authority,...
Amanda Solloway: The Government does not hold this information. Ofgem are in the process of conducting a review of the non-domestic market which will provide up-to-date data on Deemed Contracts. They have published their initial findings which found that the prevalence of Deemed Contracts has increased amongst some non-domestic customers. The full findings of Ofgem’s review are due to be published in the...