Question follow-through · 103849
Utilities: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent steps he is taking to support households with the cost of utility bills.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 7 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jan 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
7 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent steps he is taking to support households with the cost of utility bills.
12 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is the lead department for the energy sector only. Regarding energy utility bills, lowering bills is central to every decision we make. Thanks to decisions in Government's Autumn Budget, the Department for E...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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