Question reference: S6W-22628
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: 7 November 2023
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Current status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 21 November 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many households (a)(i) were eligible for and (ii) received support in each year of phase one and (b)(1) are eligible for and (2) will receive support in each year of phase two, of the Warmer Homes Scotland scheme.
Answer
Due to the nature of the eligibility criteria, the number of households eligible to apply for the scheme varies according to the number of households in receipt of the relevant social security benefits at any given time. However analysis of the eligibility criteria in December 2022 estimated that a total of 208,000 households were eligible to receive support at that time. Analysis of the current eligibility criteria for phase 2 of WHS estimates that around 433,000 households will be eligible.
The following table shows the number of households who have received support each financial year in phase 1 of Warmer Homes Scotland.
Year | 15-16 (part year from Sep 2015) | 16-17 | 17-18 | 18-19 | 19-20 | 20-21 | 21-22 | 22-23 | 23-24 (part year to Oct 2024) | Total |
Received support | 1,372 | 5,354 | 4,903 | 3,818 | 3,607 | 2,904 | 5,311 | 5,478 | 3,528 | 36,275 |
The scheme is demand-led, and we have not set specific targets for how many households will receive support each year through phase 2.