Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when the evaluation of the reformed Warm Home Discount scheme will commence; and if he will include in that evaluation evidence from energy suppliers on the number of claimants who received payment in 2021-22 but were not able to meet the criteria under the new scheme in 2022-23.

The evaluation of the reformed Warm Home Discount scheme is expected to commence in Summer 2023. The Government does not collect claimant data from previous years held by energy suppliers, and there are no current plans to compare previous and current recipients in the evaluation.