This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Petition Residential Park Home residents should be eligible for £400 electricity grant
Residential Parks provide retired and semi-retired people with affordable homes in mobile home parks, where they can live comfortably in a secure environment
Every household in the UK will get a £400 energy bill discount and this needs to be provided to all Park Home Residents without any delay
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All households especially those of the retired and the semi-retired are "being hit hard" by spiralling bills, and the government has promised "significant support to the British people" to help them get by.
Residential Parks are purpose-built for the older population, who are struggling with a good quality of life and need as much support as possible for dealing with increased prices.
There should be no ambiguity in ensuring that all park home residents are able to get the £400 energy grant.
This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months
Government responded
This response was given on 17 August 2022
Further funding will be available to provide equivalent support of £400 for energy bills for the 1% of households who will not be reached through the Energy Bills Support Scheme.
On 29 July the Government announced a new provision to deliver equivalent support this winter for energy bills to residents of park homes and other households which will not benefit from the Energy Bills Support Scheme discount. An announcement with details on how and when these households across Great Britain can access this support will be made this Autumn.
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
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Bill to put energy price support in law agreed by House of Commons
On Monday 17 October, MPs approved a Bill which will allow the Government to provide support to households and businesses with their energy costs.
- Watch the debate
- Read a transcript of the debate (Second Reading and Committee Stage)
- Read a transcript of the debate (Report Stage and Third Reading)
The Bill now goes to the House of Lords, which must also approve it before it becomes law.
About the Energy Prices Bill
The Energy Prices Bill will give the Government the power to implement its Energy Price Guarantee scheme for domestic consumers, and support for businesses and other non-domestic properties.
Households in the UK are due to receive £400 of support under the Energy Bill Support Scheme. The Energy Prices Bill includes a requirement that landlords and other property managers (such as residential park home owners) have to pass the financial support they receive on behalf of their residents and tenants under this Scheme on to them.
The Energy Prices Bill also gives the Government powers to introduce its Energy Price Guarantee, which will reduce the unit cost of electricity and gas so that a typical household in Great Britain pays, on average, around £2,500 a year on their energy bill, from 1 October 2022.
The Bill also includes powers to enable the Government to introduce its Energy Bill Relief Scheme, under which the Government will provide financial assistance on energy bills for all eligible non-domestic customers, including businesses, charities and public sector organisations.
- Read the Government's press release for more information about the Bill
- Read the House of Commons Library analysis of the Bill
- Keep up to date with the Bill's progress and read a copy of the Bill
What happens next?
The Bill passed all stages of consideration in the House of Commons on 17 October, and is now awaiting a date for its introduction in the House of Lords.
- Follow the Bill's progress
- Find out more about the stages a Bill must go through in order to become law here
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MPs investigate energy pricing and the energy market
The MPs on the House of Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee have been investigating energy pricing and the energy market, including Government support to help people with their energy bills.
Report on energy pricing and the energy market
In July the Committee published a report on energy pricing and the energy market. In their report, MPs called on the Government to help the most exposed households by updating its energy bills support. They also called on the Government to consider a social tariff for the most vulnerable customers.
- Read the Committee's report on energy pricing and the energy market
- Read a press release about the report
Evidence session on the cost of living crisis
Last month the Committee questioned business representatives, unions and consumer groups about climbing energy bills, inflation, interest rates, food and material costs, the impact these trends are having, and how they expect the crisis to develop.
- Find out more about the Committee's evidence session on the cost of living crisis
- Read a transcript of the evidence session
Select Committee podcast
The Chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, Darren Jones MP, is hosting the current series of the Committee Corridor podcast. This is a fortnightly podcast that brings together Members of Parliament from the different select committees in the House of Commons to interview experts and discuss the most pressing political, social and economic matters facing the UK today.
The current series is focusing on the cost of living, and in the first episode Darren spoke to the Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation, and the MPs who Chair the Women and Equalities and Work and Pensions Committee.
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The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee is a cross-party group of backbench MPs that looks into the work of the Home Office and its associated public bodies.
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Energy support grants for those living in a park, mobile or care home, or off the electricity grid
On Monday 27 February the Government made £400 grants to help with energy bills available to households without a direct relationship to an electricity supplier, such as those living in park homes and care homes.
- Read the announcement about the support
- Apply for energy bill support if you do not get it automatically
Households without a direct relationship to an electricity supplier can now apply via a secure online portal to receive the support as a one-off, non-repayable lump sum.
For those without online access, a dedicated customer helpline is available to assist eligible customers. The contact centre helpline can be reached on 0808 175 3287 for applicants in Great Britain, or 0808 175 3894 for applicants in Northern Ireland.
The date that an eligible household will receive support will depend on when the application is made and when the payment can be processed by the relevant local authority.
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MPs investigate fairness of energy bills for customers
A group of MPs called the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee are investigating the process of billing customers for their gas and electricity, and will be looking at whether the rules on charging for energy are fair for all.
Read the Committee's press notice announcing this work for more information.
The aims of the Committee's inquiry are to:
- Determine whether the rules on billing are fair to all consumers
- To understand what goes into the standing charge and whether that results in a fair contribution from all customers
- To explore what restrictions there should be on energy companies utilising pre-payment tools
- To determine how a social tariff might address inequalities
What happens next?
The Committee is conducting oral evidence sessions where it will hear from experts in the sector as well as representatives from the Government.
Their first evidence session will take place on Wednesday 8 May at 10am. You can watch the session live on [Parliamentlive.tv] [7].
An evidence session is when MPs ask key experts, such as Ministers, academics and/or campaigners, questions on a particular topic.
These experts are called "witnesses" and they help MPs to gain a deeper understanding of the issue.
The Committee will then consider all the evidence it has taken and publish a report of its findings with recommendations to the Government on any changes that might be needed.
For more information about the inquiry, including details of upcoming oral evidence sessions, visit the Committee's inquiry page.
What is the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee?
The Energy Security and Net Zero Committee scrutinises the policy, spending and administration of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and its public bodies, including Ofgem and the Committee on Climate Change.
The Energy Security and Net Zero Committee is a select committee.
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