Natural Gas: Prices
Commons · Question 4636 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Claire Young
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support households that are not connected to the gas grid in the context of forecast increases to the Default Tariff Cap from July 2026.
Answer
Answered by Martin McCluskey, 8 Jun 2026
The Government acted in the Autumn Budget to reduce electricity costs, to the benefit of all households with a domestic electricity meter, including those not on the gas grid. By scrapping the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) home insulation scheme and mov...