May. 23 2024
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Asked by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding eligibility for the Warm Home Discount in the next scheme year.
Answered by Amanda Solloway - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
From winter 2022 the Government extended the Warm Home Discount to support more households in fuel poverty, who have low incomes and live in homes that are costly to heat. For winter 2023/24 we lowered the threshold for a property to be considered costly to heat and we expect over 3 million households to have received the rebate. The official WHD statistics for 2023/24 will be published on 20th June.
As the scheme is funded by participating energy suppliers, we have struck a balance between supporting as many households as possible, providing meaningful support, and limiting the impact on wider consumer bills.
Energy prices have significantly fallen in the past year. We are continuing to monitor the situation and will keep options under review, including with respect to the most vulnerable households.
In addition, the Government produced impact assessments for the consultation in 2021 on expanding and reforming the Warm Home Discount scheme in England and Wales and for the publication of the Government Response in 2022, which are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/warm-home-discount-better-targeted-support-from-2022
Oral Evidence May. 22 2024
Inquiry: Energy bills for domestic customersFound: home discount, which has been incredibly helpful.
Oral Evidence May. 22 2024
Inquiry: Energy bills for domestic customersFound: home discount, which has been incredibly helpful.
May. 21 2024
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Mentions:
1: Kenny MacAskill (Alba - East Lothian) Warm words are one thing; tangible support is quite another. - Speech Link
2: Keir Mather (Lab - Selby and Ainsty) The best way to cut fuel poverty is through a nationwide home upgrade scheme, but the Secretary of State - Speech Link
3: Amanda Solloway (Con - Derby North) Member will be aware that the Government are doing many things to support people; there is the warm home - Speech Link
4: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) He receives income-related employment and support allowance and should be entitled to the warm home discount - Speech Link
Oral Evidence May. 15 2024
Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)Found: A very warm welcome to our first panel this morning.
Mentions:
1: Grant, Rhoda (Lab - Highlands and Islands) We hear of the £25 million scheme for key workers that has bought only four houses, all of which are - Speech Link
2: Smyth, Colin (Lab - South Scotland) council tax for second and empty homes—so that they can use that money to invest in new properties.A warm - Speech Link
3: Roddick, Emma (SNP - Highlands and Islands) It is about delivering a house-building scheme that reacts to the needs of people across the country - Speech Link
4: Harvie, Patrick (Green - Glasgow) However, the idea that we would discount the causal factors of the housing emergency that are outwith - Speech Link
Asked by: Selaine Saxby (Conservative - North Devon)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much has been spent through the Warm Home Discount scheme by parliamentary constituency since its creation.
Answered by Amanda Solloway - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The Department published statistics on the Warm Home Discount (WHD) for the first time in 2023:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/warm-home-discount-statistics-2022-to-2023
Table 17 in the published tables shows the number of households and the total cost of those households who received the WHD, by Core Group type, since 2011/12 when the WHD was introduced, up until the latest figures for 2022/23. Table 5 provides a breakdown of the number of households and the total cost of those households who received the WHD by parliamentary constituency in 2022/23.
Figures covering 2023/24 are expected to be published on 20th June 2024.
Asked by: Selaine Saxby (Conservative - North Devon)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many households received the Warm Home Discount by parliamentary constituency since its creation.
Answered by Amanda Solloway - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The Department published statistics on the Warm Home Discount (WHD) for the first time in 2023:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/warm-home-discount-statistics-2022-to-2023
Table 17 in the published tables shows the number of households and the total cost of those households who received the WHD, by Core Group type, since 2011/12 when the WHD was introduced, up until the latest figures for 2022/23. Table 5 provides a breakdown of the number of households and the total cost of those households who received the WHD by parliamentary constituency in 2022/23.
Figures covering 2023/24 are expected to be published on 20th June 2024.