The scheme will also provide rebates to a larger pool of households identified as having low incomes and high estimated energy costs, under the ‘Core Group 2’ cohort. The scheme will continue to provide rebates to pensioners in receipt of Pension Credit Guarantee Credit, under the ‘Core Group 1’ cohort. The government consulted on the reforms in summer 2021 and confirmed the scheme’s design in the government response published in April 2022. The reforms aim to better target fuel poverty and provide the vast majority of rebates automatically.

The government has expanded and reformed the Warm Home Discount scheme for England and Wales from 2022 to 2023 onwards. The scheme helps households in, or at risk of, fuel poverty with direct energy bill payments. The Warm Home Discount scheme obligates participating suppliers to provide rebates to eligible low-income and vulnerable households. This section explains the Warm Home Discount and the reforms to the scheme in England and Wales, introduces the Core Group 2, and outlines the content of this eligibility statement.

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