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Warm Home Discount Scheme

The Warm Home Discount Scheme provides financial support to vulnerable households to reduce energy bills, administered by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. The government is consulting on cost recovery mechanisms to fund the scheme and has published draft regulations for 2026, determining how energy suppliers will contribute to scheme costs.

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28 Mar 2025 | Written evidence linked

The Department said that even if it had wanted to, it would not have been able to target support at the time of introducing the schemes due to challenges with identifying household income to determine an appropriate level of support.26 Written evidence from the Energy Systems Catapult and Fair by Design highlighted a need for targeted support.27 To do this, the Department told us that it is now working with the Department for Work and Pensions to make best use of employment benefits data.28 I...

The Department said that even if it had wanted to, it would not have been able to target support at the time of introducing the schemes due to challenges with identifying household income to determine an appropriate level of support.26 …

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28 Mar 2025 | Written evidence linked

The Department said that the “biggest item of support” available to mitigate high energy prices this winter for vulnerable consumers, mainly those on benefits such as pension credit, is the Warm Home Discount scheme,47 which provides a £150 discount to eligible consumers.48 But certain vulnerable individuals like those with chronic conditions or disabilities that mean they are higher energy users are excluded from receiving this support because they are not included in the category of means–t...

The Department said that the “biggest item of support” available to mitigate high energy prices this winter for vulnerable consumers, mainly those on benefits such as pension credit, is the Warm Home Discount scheme,47 which provides a £150 discount to …

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK