Correspondence

Energy Bill Relief Scheme: ministerial direction

Letters authorising the Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRS).

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 25 October 2022
• Last updated: 14 April 2023 — See all updates

This was published under the 2022 Truss Conservative government

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

Letter from Permanent Secretary to Chair of Public Accounts Committee re Energy Bills Discount Scheme, 28 March 2023

PDF, 23.1 KB, 1 page

Energy Bill Relief Scheme: request for ministerial direction, 24 October 2022

PDF, 314 KB, 2 pages

Energy Bill Relief Scheme: ministerial direction, 24 October 2022

PDF, 94.5 KB, 1 page

Details

Ministerial direction letters authorising the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, which provides financial support to business and other non-domestic energy consumers affected by recent price rises.

Letter 28 March 2023

Letter from the Permanent Secretary, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, to Dame Meg Hillier, Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, about the follow on Energy Bills Discount Scheme.

Letters 24 October 2022

The first is from the Permanent Secretary for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to the BEIS Secretary of State requesting the ministerial direction.

The second is from the BEIS Secretary of State to the Permanent Secretary setting out the ministerial direction.

Published 25 October 2022
Last updated 14 April 2023 + show all updates

1. 14 April 2023

   Added letter to Chair of Public Accounts Committee about the Energy Bills Discount Scheme.

2. 25 October 2022

   First published.