Written questions

Fuel Poverty

Commons · Question 3992 · Tabled 3 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 10 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of the potential merits of establishing a fuel poverty prescription that can be given by GPs.

Answer

Answered by Emma Reynolds, 10 Sep 2024

This Government takes fuel poverty extremely seriously. The Government will invest an extra £6.6 billion over this Parliament in clean heat and energy efficiency through the Warm Homes Plan, upgrading five million homes through solutions like low carbon h...