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Warm Home Discount Scheme

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 2 March 2026UIN 113807

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of potential impact of the Warm Homes Discount on the cost of an average (a) gas and (b) electricity for a household that does not receive the Warm Homes Discount.

Answered by Martin McCluskey

The estimates are published in Ofgem’s Annex 4 (policy cost allowance methodology - https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2025-11/Annex-4-policy-cost-allowance-methodology-v1.22.xlsx).

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