Energy Bills Support Shropshire 2023-11-28
2023-11-28
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Q1
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The MP is concerned about the rising energy costs affecting people in his constituency.
What steps her Department is taking to support people in Shropshire with their energy bills?
The Government are continuing to provide up to £900 of cost of living support throughout 2023-24 to help vulnerable households, which is an increase on the £650 that we provided the previous year, as well as targeted support such as £150 through the warm home discount.
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Farmers in the MP's constituency and neighbouring areas are facing adverse effects due to rising energy costs.
What additional assistance will the Government give to the agricultural sector to help this very important industry survive?
Farmers in Shropshire constituencies and across the UK have already benefited from the energy bill relief scheme, which ended on 31 March and provided more than £7.4 billion of support.
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The energy bills support scheme was set up to assist 900,000 households but only about 150,000 received the promised £400, leaving many eligible households without assistance.
With one in four bill payers now in energy debt, will the Government keep their promise and make good to those 750,000 who missed out on that money when the scheme closed in May?
The Government lent in to try to ensure that everyone who was entitled to the funding was able to receive it. Now that the scheme has closed, the money will return to His Majesty's Treasury.
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Compensation or additional support for those who missed out on £400
Now That The Scheme Has Closed
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