Department for Energy Security and Net Zero written question – answered at on 14 May 2024.
Selaine Saxby
Conservative, North Devon
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many households received the Warm Home Discount by parliamentary Constituency since its creation.
Selaine Saxby
Conservative, North Devon
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much has been spent through the Warm Home Discount scheme by parliamentary Constituency since its creation.
Amanda Solloway
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Department published statistics on the Warm Home Discount (WHD) for the first time in 2023:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/warm-home-discount-statistics-2022-to-2023
Table 17 in the published tables shows the number of households and the total cost of those households who received the WHD, by Core Group type, since 2011/12 when the WHD was introduced, up until the latest figures for 2022/23. Table 5 provides a breakdown of the number of households and the total cost of those households who received the WHD by parliamentary Constituency in 2022/23.
Figures covering 2023/24 are expected to be published on 20th June 2024.
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