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Warm Home Discount Scheme: Eligibility

Commons · Question 6451 · Tabled 4 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 14 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Marsha De Cordova

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of widening the eligibility criteria for the Warm Home Discount Scheme to include people in receipt of (a) Personal Independence Payment

Answer

Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh, 14 Oct 2024

The Warm Home Discount Scheme is currently focused to support those on lowest incomes who receive means-tested benefits and are living in a property we have estimated to be relatively high cost to heat. This winter’s scheme has been launched today, 14 Oct...