Energy and Climate Change written question – answered at on 15 November 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent steps his Department has taken to assist people living in mobile homes with their fuel bills; and whether he has considered extending the warm homes discount scheme to them.
The coalition Government are committed to helping people, especially low income vulnerable households, to heat their homes more affordably.
Park home occupiers, eligible for Warm Front assistance, can benefit from draught proofing and the installation or repair of heating systems. The measures will help them heat their homes more efficiently and where possible this may also lead to lower fuel bills. The winter fuel payments and cold weather payments provide additional assistance towards heating bills during the winter months.
The consultation for the proposed Warm Home Discount Scheme did consider the issue of whether to extend eligibility to energy suppliers' customers who do not pay their electricity bill directly—for example, those who pay it through their rent on a caravan park or park home.
However, due to the administrative complexity of identifying and verifying these individual circumstances, ensuring the benefit of the rebate was made available to the customer and identifying a means of making a payment, it was decided not to include these individuals in the scheme.
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