Warm Front Scheme
Energy and Climate Change
Written answers and statements, 3 November 2009
Bob Spink (Castle Point, Independent)
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what proportion of those who have qualified for support under the Warm Front scheme are in receipt of each type of non-taxable social security benefit.
David Kidney (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Energy and Climate Change; Stafford, Labour)
holding answer
The following table details the proportion of households assisted by the Warm Front scheme who are in receipt of each type of qualifying benefit (all qualifying benefits are non-taxable).
| Benefit type | Percentage per total households assisted |
| Attendance allowance | 11.62 |
| Child benefit | 2.24 |
| Child tax credit | 20.26 |
| Constant attendance allowance | 0.09 |
| Council tax benefit | 10.08 |
| Disability living allowance | 27.79 |
| Disability premium | 1.87 |
| Disabled persons tax credit | 0.01 |
| Housing benefit | 1.19 |
| Income based employment and support allowance | 0.05 |
| Income based job seekers allowance | 0.85 |
| Income support | 5.95 |
| Industrial injuries disablement benefit | 0.09 |
| Lone parent family | 0.39 |
| Maternity certificate (Mat B1) | 0.09 |
| Mobility supplement | 0.23 |
| Pension credit | 24.08 |
| State pension as main source of income | 0.02 |
| War disablement pension | 0.18 |
| Working families tax credit | 0.08 |
| Working tax credit | 2.28 |
| Note: Dates: June 2005 to 31 August 2009 | |
Some households will be in receipt of more than one benefit, such households have been counted against each individual benefit.