Warm Home Discount (England and Wales): draft eligibility statement
This draft eligibility statement sets out the detail of eligibility for a Core Group 2 rebate under the Warm Home Discount scheme in England and Wales.
Detail
This is a draft eligibility statement as required under Regulation 9 of The Warm Home Discount (England and Wales) Regulations 2022.
This statement describes the criteria used to determine the eligibility for a rebate under Core Group 2 of the Warm Home Discount scheme in England and Wales.
The draft statement sets out:
- low-income criteria - the qualifying means-tested benefits and Tax Credits which a person must receive to meet the low-income criteria
- income thresholds for Tax Credits - the income thresholds for households in receipt of Working Tax Credit or Child Tax Credit to meet the low-income criteria
- high-energy-cost criteria - the process for allocating an energy cost score to a household and for setting the threshold that a household’s energy cost score must exceed in order to meet the high-energy-cost criteria
- eligible property types - the types which can be eligible for a rebate under Core Group 2
We welcome views on this statement by 14 August 2022.
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