Do we get £400 or £600 for the energy support scheme?

alandaniel132

"Starting the 1 October, you’ll receive a credit of £400 spread over 6 months on your account "

dunstonh

Do we get £400 or £600 for the energy support scheme?

Depends on which support schemes you are referring to.   The £400 is the obvious one but is the extra £200 you are referring to for being on Oil or LPG?

[Deleted User]

Are you confusing the £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme with the £650 DWP Cost of Living Payment?

alandaniel132

[Deleted User] said:

Are you confusing the £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme with the £650 DWP Cost of Living Payment?

I might confuse.

£400 is the Energy Bill Support Scheme.

What happened for next year?

Spoonie_Turtle

alandaniel132 said:

What happened for next year?

Probably nothing. 

There are larger Cost of Living payments for people who qualify, and the government says they will keep the energy prices down to a certain level for everyone until March 2024 (higher than they are at the moment, but still lower than they probably would be otherwise).  So it is very very unlikely there will be a repeat of the £400 or anything like it next winter.

Of course, a lot can change in a year so we won't know for certain until we get there.

ariarnia

Spoonie_Turtle said:

alandaniel132 said:

What happened for next year?

Probably nothing. 

There are larger Cost of Living payments for people who qualify, and the government says they will keep the energy prices down to a certain level for everyone until March 2024 (higher than they are at the moment, but still lower than they probably would be otherwise).  So it is very very unlikely there will be a repeat of the £400 or anything like it next winter.

Of course, a lot can change in a year so we won't know for certain until we get there.

it is an election year. 

macman

alandaniel132 said:

[Deleted User] said:

Are you confusing the £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme with the £650 DWP Cost of Living Payment?

I might confuse.

£400 is the Energy Bill Support Scheme.

What happened for next year?

£200 of the £400 EBS scheme is paid next year: Jan/Feb/March.
The next election will be in 2024 (latest), not 2023.

QrizB

macman said:

The next election will be in 2024 (latest), not 2023.

Could even be as late as January 2025, although that's unlikely.

The_Green_Hornet

QrizB said:

macman said:

The next election will be in 2024 (latest), not 2023.

Could even be as late as January 2025, although that's unlikely.

If the Tories know they are going to lose (and they probably are) then they will hold the election at the last possible moment so I would say January 2025 is more than likely.

macman

Last election was 12/12/19, 5 year max takes us to Dec 2024?
Very unlikely to run that late into the winter, much more likely to go for May or October '24.

Gerry1

macman said:

Last election was 12/12/19, 5 year max takes us to Dec 2024?
Very unlikely to run that late into the winter, much more likely to go for May or October '24.

The maximum term of a Parliament is five years from the day on which it first met. The current Parliament first met on Tuesday 17 December 2019 and will automatically dissolve on Tuesday 17 December 2024, unless it has been dissolved sooner by the King.

Polling Day would be expected to take place 25 days later.

Source: parliament.uk