Consultation outcome

Warm Home Discount Scotland

• From: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 9 May 2022
• Last updated: 27 June 2022 — See all updates

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to Scotland

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Warm Home Discount Scotland: government response

PDF, 235 KB, 28 pages

Warm Home Discount Scotland: supporting analysis (Annex)

PDF, 310 KB, 25 pages

Detail of outcome

This government response sets out a summary of the responses to the consultation on the extension of the Warm Home Discount (WHD) scheme in Scotland from 2022 to 2026.

The government intend to proceed with the extension and expansion of the Warm Home Discount scheme in Scotland to 2026.

The main consultation proposals that we will implement are:

• the scheme is extended until March 2026 to coincide with the length of the WHD scheme in England and Wales
• spending obligations in Scotland are increased proportionately in line with the Great Britain-wide increase to the scheme and the value of the rebate is increased to £150 as per the England and Wales scheme
• the scheme in Scotland will largely mirror the scheme previously in place across Great Britain from 2021 to 2022

See the full consultation response for more details.

Detail of feedback received

We received 35 responses to the consultation from a range of stakeholders, including:

• energy suppliers
• charities and consumer bodies
• housing associations
• local authorities
• public bodies, including the energy regulator, Ofgem
• members of the public

There was general support for the main proposals in the consultation.

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Original consultation

Summary

We're seeking views on implementing the Warm Home Discount (WHD) scheme in Scotland from 2022 to winter 2025-2026.

This consultation ran from
9:30am on 9 May 2022 to 11:45pm on 22 May 2022

Consultation description

The proposals in this consultation would mean that the Warm Home Discount (WHD) Scotland will largely mirror the WHD in place across Great Britain in 2021 to 2022. The primary difference would be that non-core spending would be larger due to the increase in overall spending.

The WHD Scotland will run alongside the expanded and reformed WHD for England and Wales, the details of which are set out in the government response to consultation, published on 1 April. As in the England and Wales scheme, under the WHD Scotland:

• the value of the rebate would increase to £150
• the supplier participation thresholds would be lowered so that more energy suppliers participate in the scheme, particularly from 2023 to 2024 onwards

Documents

Warm Home Discount Scotland consultation 2022

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The Warm Home Discount Scotland consultation 2022

PDF, 240 KB, 22 pages

The Warm Home Discount (Scotland) Regulations 2022

PDF, 517 KB, 30 pages

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Published 9 May 2022
Last updated 27 June 2022 + show all updates

1. 27 June 2022

   Added government response.

2. 9 May 2022

   First published.