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.
May. 10 2024
Source Page: DESNZ: spending over £25,000, September 2023Found: - Net Zero Buildings - Portfolio & Affordability Oxford Computer Consultant Ltd 537163 72202.23 DWP Warm
May. 09 2024
Source Page: The Evaluation of the Restart SchemeFound: The Evaluation of the Restart Scheme
Oral Evidence May. 08 2024
Inquiry: Energy bills for domestic customersFound: We would like to highlight new research from the Warm this Winter campaign, which has shown that the
Oral Evidence May. 08 2024
Inquiry: Energy bills for domestic customersFound: We would like to highlight new research from the Warm this Winter campaign, which has shown that the
Mentions:
1: None We look at both sides of the equation.The other thing is that we would not discount anyone because of - Speech Link
2: None suppliers that they are using, which causes a mismatch, and candidates see that.For example, they get a warm - Speech Link
3: None work well.Those are my top three changes that we would like to see being made to the access to work scheme - Speech Link
4: None the employer.Of more concern is that we heard from some employers that applying to the access to work scheme - Speech Link
5: Baker, Claire (Lab - Mid Scotland and Fife) My final question is linked to Kevin Stewart’s question on the access to work scheme, about which we - Speech Link
Oral Evidence Apr. 24 2024
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: A warm welcome to you all.