Subject	Predicate	Object
jpBkcs40	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	IhFutXBa
	answer has answering person	Amanda Jane Solloway
	answer text	<p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The Alternative Fuel Payment (AFP) scheme delivered payments of £200 to households who use alternative fuels such as heating oil, liquefied petroleum gas, coal or biomass, helping around 2 million off-gas-grid households to meet their energy costs. The scheme particularly supported households in rural areas that are not connected to the gas grid.</p><p> </p><p>Over 85% of eligible households received the payment automatically via their electricity supplier during February, and a small proportion of households needed to apply for the AFP, for example when households in their local area predominantly use electricity or mains gas for their heating.</p>
	answer given date	2023-06-26
	answer has answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	written answer has answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	answering body has written answer	jpBkcs40
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	answering body has answer	jpBkcs40
IhFutXBa	question has answer	jpBkcs40
Amanda Jane Solloway	answering person has answer	jpBkcs40