Petition · past parliament

Make the £200 Government Energy Bill loan an option rather than automatic

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

I would like the Government to re-think this and make it optional as opposed to something which happens automatically and give people a choice!
This is a loan which has to be paid back, this is forced debt upon every single person who pays an energy bill and should be optional. I don’t want to pay an extra £40 a year for 5 years. I’d rather just not have this energy bill loan.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

4 Feb 2022 Petition opened for signatures
8 Feb 2022 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16
Status Rejected
Rejected 8 Feb 2022

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.