{"value":{"id":90243,"askingMemberId":4030,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2014-09-01T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2014-09-04T00:00:00","uin":"905192","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to help households with their energy bills.","answeringBodyId":63,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Energy and Climate Change","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":188,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2014-09-04T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>We are helping households with their energy bills by providing direct financial help, encouraging competition and supporting energy efficiency measures.</p><p>Last December, we reviewed Government policy costs and made changes to take an average of £50 a year off a household’s bill and we’re making it easier to shop around, switch and get the best deal.</p><p>We are also providing direct financial help to the most vulnerable through the Warm Home Discount, which will take £140 off the energy bills of over 2 million of the poorest households this year.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Energy: Prices","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/90243","method":"GET"}]}