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Warm Home Discount: Extension

Tuesday 10 June 2025 · 2 questions

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Key points

  • Mrs Sureena Brackenridge welcomed the extension of the warm home discount to all households on means-tested benefits.
  • The Minister confirmed the removal of the hard-to-heat criterion to ensure support reaches low-income households.
  • Nesil Caliskan inquired about the support available for households dealing with high energy bills and debt.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Sureena Brackenridge Lab Wolverhampton North East
Energy
Context

The Warm Home Discount scheme is being extended to cover more households, particularly those on means-tested benefits. This change aims to provide support for low-income families struggling with energy costs.

Question

I welcome the extension of the warm home discount to all households on means-tested benefits from this winter. Many low-income households were excluded because their homes were not classed as having a high cost to heat. In Wolverhampton North East, only 18% of households benefited from the discount in 2023-24. Can the Minister confirm that the new scheme is simple, fair and focused on those who are most in need?

Answer from The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Miatta Fahnbulleh)

I thank my hon. Friend for raising that really important point. I can confirm that we will remove the hard-to-heat criterion, which means that support will go to low-income households that we know need help with their energy bills.

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Q2 Nesil Caliskan Lab Barking
Energy
Context

The Warm Home Discount is being extended to more households, but there are concerns about energy debt relief for those who accumulated debts under the previous government.

Question

I thank the Minister for outlining the support available to households with high energy bills. Some 6,000 households in my constituency benefit from the warm home discount, but many in Barking and Dagenham, alongside almost 2 million other households in this country, are dealing with high energy debt. What plans are under way for energy debt relief schemes, or a scheme to help those who built up debt under the previous Government, so that we can support them now?

Answer from The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Miatta Fahnbulleh)

We are working with Ofgem to put in place a debt support scheme to deal with the huge rise in energy debt that we saw during the energy crisis, which the Conservatives failed to deal with. That will provide much-needed support, whether through debt write-offs or debt repayment plans. It will mean that households that cannot afford their energy bills, are struggling, and will never pay that debt are provided with support.

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