Committees

Energy Bills Support

Inquiry

In September 2022 Government announced the Energy Price Guarantee Scheme and Energy Bill Relief Scheme in response to the energy price crisis.

Following on from work done by the National Audit Office on Energy bill support, the Committee will question senior officials at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Treasury on the energy price support schemes, including:

  • the schemes’ design and operation in practice;
  • government’s oversight of progress;
  • estimated costs;
  • the risks to successful implementation;
  • the steps government is taking to manage those risks; and
  • the options government is considering for future schemes.

If you have evidence on these questions please submit it here by 6pm on Sunday 19 February.

Please have a look at the requirements for written evidence submissions and note the Committee cannot accept material as evidence that has been published elsewhere.

Please have a look at the requirements for written evidence submissions and note the Committee cannot accept material as evidence that has been published elsewhere.

 

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Sunday 19 February 2023.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Fifty-Eighth Report - Energy bills support
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Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Fifty-eighth report from Session 2022-23
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Correspondence

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Correspondence from James Bowler, Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury, re Additional information: Recommendation 4a Forty-eighth Report of Session 2022-23 (Energy Bills Support), dated 14 August 2023
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Correspondence from Jeremy Pocklington CB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, re Energy Bills Discount Scheme, dated 28 March 2023
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Correspondence from Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, Secretary of State, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, re Contingent Liability Notification: Energy Bills Discount Scheme, dated 27 March 2023
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Oral evidence transcripts

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27 February 2023
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Witnesses HM Treasury, HM Treasury, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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23 February 2023
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Witnesses Energy UK, Citizens Advice, UK Hospitality, and Federation of Small Businesses
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Written evidence

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Citizens Advice (EBS0026)
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Ian Lishman (Commercial Director at Brew House and Kitchen) (EBS0024)
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The George & Vulture - public house, Hoxton, Hackney (EBS0001)
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Government Responses
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