Member

I just talk for a minute about the timeliness of payments. There are, in effect, only two points in the year when you can join the scheme. We had a cut-off period in August and, if people had not applied by then, they would not get payments until after December. Information is being shared between the department and the energy suppliers, so can we get to a point where we have monthly updates and, as applications come in, this £150 can be split into monthly payments for those who have been missed off? If you miss that automatic enrolment, you miss three or four months’ worth of payments, which obviously has considerable impact for these families.