Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many people will no longer be eligible for the Warm Home Discount Scheme once the eligibility criteria has been changed to require a low energy performance certificate rating.

Eligibility for the Warm Home Discount in England and Wales is not based on the Energy Performance Certificate rating but on the Valuation Office Agency data for the type, age and size of the property. The government does not hold data for the households who received the Warm Home Discount rebate in previous years after applying to their energy supplier under the Broader Group element of the scheme.