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Heating: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what targeted guidance is available to medically vulnerable people who cannot safely reduce their heating use.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
20 Apr 2026
Target answer date
22 Apr 2026
Answer
29 Apr 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what targeted guidance is available to medically vulnerable people who cannot safely reduce their heating use.

  2. 22 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The Government’s fuel poverty strategy seeks to ensure households are supported to achieve warm homes at an affordable cost. The UK Health Security Agency has produced guidance for the public on how to keep warm and well at home, which is available at the...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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