Warm Home Discount: better targeted support from 2022

The Warm Home Discount has been a key policy in the Government’s approach to tackling fuel poverty since its inception in 2011. Since it began, the Warm Home Discount has provided over £3 billion in rebates on energy bills to low-income and vulnerable households. The Government committed in the Energy White Paper last year to extending the Warm Home Discount until 2025/26 at least, expanding the spending envelope from around £350 million to £475 million annually (in 2020 prices), and proposing reforms for improving the targeting of the scheme. This consultation sets out the Government’s proposals for reforming the scheme in England and Wales from 2022/23, alongside consulting on certain reserved powers with regards to Scotland.