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Heating Oil: Northern Ireland

Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN 51475, tabled on 20 September 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish details on the operation of the energy support scheme for households using home heating oil in Northern Ireland.

This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.

Answered on

6 October 2022

Households not on standard gas or electricity contracts, such as those using home heating oil, will receive equivalent support to that provided through the Energy Bills Support Scheme, and the Energy Price Guarantee. The Government is working at speed to determine the most practical and tested routes to deliver this support and will publish details in due course.

Answered by

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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