The Post Office has confirmed that all 500,000 energy support payment vouchers have now been dispatched to all households in Northern Ireland.

This means the £600 vouchers’ roll-out – which started just over three weeks ago – have now been completed, well ahead of schedule. The last tranche of vouchers has been dispatched and are expected to arrive by this weekend.

This figure comes as the Post Office also confirmed that 80 per cent (400,000) of the energy vouchers have already been redeemed.

Postmasters across Northern Ireland have been working hard to help people to redeem their vouchers and deposit their cash quickly and efficiently in branches.

The Post Office worked with electricity suppliers in organising the mail-out of the vouchers, which took place in tranches. The original timescale was to have all 500,000 vouchers dispatched by the end of February.

The Post Office is urging anyone who has not yet redeemed their voucher to do so as soon as possible, and to ensure they bring the correct forms of identification with them.

The vouchers can only be redeemed at a post office and are issued to all households where energy bills are not paid via direct debit.

Energy suppliers are continuing to work hard to ensure all customers are able to redeem their vouchers, including issuing replacements if needed, for example to customers who may have moved house around the qualifying date for the scheme.