Warm Home Discount Scheme

(asked on 6th December 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to improve the take-up of the Warm Homes Discount; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Greg Hands Portrait
Greg Hands
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 14th December 2021

In the 2021/22 scheme year, all low-income pensioners who are potentially eligible for a rebate under the Core Group will have received a letter from the Government by mid-December and most will receive the rebate automatically. In addition, the Warm Home Discount website is widely signposted and used by consumer groups, charities, and energy comparison websites to maximise uptake.

Energy suppliers are responsible for setting their eligibility criteria for Broader Group rebates and providing the rebates to eligible households. Suppliers make their customers aware of the scheme and are usually over-subscribed with applications.

This summer, the Government consulted on extending, expanding, and reforming the scheme such that from winter 2022/23 the vast majority of Warm Home Discount rebates would be provided automatically.

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