Pension Age Winter Heating Payment (PAWHP): consultation

This consultation is to gather evidence on people’s views of the current benefit, consider how we could improve the system already in place and ask if the policy intent set out will best meet the needs of those it aims to help.


Footnotes

1. Social Security Scotland - Our Charter

2. Winter Mortality in Scotland 2020/21: Report (nrscotland.gov.uk)

3. Credit where it’s due: A briefing on low uptake of Pension Credit (independentage.org)

4. Social Security Experience Panels: publications

5. Low Income Winter Heating Assistance: consultation analysis - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

6. Age UK calls on everyone to look out for their older family members and friends this wintertime

7. Age Scotland: “Turn up the heat this winter to save lives and protect our NHS and social care” (ageuk.org.uk)

8. The impact of rapidly rising energy bills on older people in Scotland (ageuk.org.uk)

9. Social Security Experience Panels: publications - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

10. Scottish Household Survey 2021 - telephone survey: key findings - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

11. Scottish House Condition Survey - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

12. Equality Evidence

13. Social Security Experience Panels - Low Income Winter Heating Assistance: survey findings

14. "Not enough to live on": Pensioner poverty in Scotland (independentage.org)

15. Taking the temperature energy survey | Age Scotland (ageuk.org.uk)

16. Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2019-22 (data.gov.scot)

17. “Not enough to live on”: Pensioner poverty in Scotland | Independent Age

18. "Not enough to live on": Pensioner poverty in Scotland (independentage.org)

19. Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2019-22 (data.gov.scot)

20. Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2019-22 (data.gov.scot)

21. Table 21: Scottish House Condition Survey 2019 Scottish house condition survey: 2019 key findings - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

22. Section 198: Scottish house condition survey: 2019 key findings - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

23. Taking the temperature energy survey | Age Scotland (ageuk.org.uk)

24. Older people - Population groups - Public Health Scotland

25. Taking the temperature energy survey | Age Scotland (ageuk.org.uk)

26. “Not enough to live on”: Pensioner poverty in Scotland | Independent Age

27. "Not enough to live on": Pensioner poverty in Scotland (independentage.org)

28. 5 Energy Perceptions - Scottish house condition survey: 2019 key findings - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

29. Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) and Fuel Poverty Strategy: health impact assessment

30. A Fairer Scotland for Older People: framework for action - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

31. Fairer Scotland Action Plan - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

32. Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2018-21 - analytical report (data.gov.scot)

33. Tackling Fuel Poverty in Scotland: A Strategic Approach (www.gov.scot)

34. National Care Service - adult social care: equality evidence review - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

35. Living longer - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

36. Older people - Population groups - Public Health Scotland

37. Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2019-22 (data.gov.scot)

38. https://www.hagis.scot

39. Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2017-20 (data.gov.scot)

40. Search | Scotland’s Census (scotlandscensus.gov.uk)

41. Languages | Scotland's Census (scotlandscensus.gov.uk)

42. New Age UK analysis finds one in five UK women pensioners now living in poverty

43. 7. Housing - Gypsy/Travellers in Scotland - A Comprehensive Analysis of the 2011 Census - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

44. Improving access for Gypsy/Travellers to the NHS and health and social care in Scotland (publichealthscotland.scot)

45. Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2019-22 (data.gov.scot)

46. Older people - Population groups - Public Health Scotland

47. New Age UK analysis finds one in five UK women pensioners now living in poverty

48. Age UK calls on everyone to look out for their older family members and friends this wintertime

49. Age Scotland: “Turn up the heat this winter to save lives and protect our NHS and social care” (ageuk.org.uk)

50. The impact of rapidly rising energy bills on older people in Scotland (ageuk.org.uk)

51. Credit where it’s due: A briefing on low uptake of Pension Credit (independentage.org)

52. Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) and Fuel Poverty Strategy: health impact assessment

53. Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2019-22 (data.gov.scot)

54. A Fairer Scotland for Older People: framework for action - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

55. Islands (Scotland) Act 2018

56. Scotland’s Census 2011: Inhabited islands report 2015 (NRS)

57. Haswell-Smith, H. (2004). The Scottish Islands: A Comprehensive Guide to Every Scottish Island. Edinburgh: Canongate Books Ltd

58. Islands (Scotland) Bill Executive Summary

59. Remotely Excluded: Barriers facing Scotland's rural consumers

60. Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2019-22 (data.gov.scot)

61. "Not enough to live on": Pensioner poverty in Scotland (independentage.org)

62 National Islands Plan, the Scottish Government, 27 December 2019.

63. The Cost of Remoteness: Reflecting higher living costs in remote rural Scotland when measuring fuel poverty (www.gov.scot)

64. Fuel Poverty (Targets, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill: island communities impact assessment

65. Cost of Living - Winter Heating Payment (Low Income) (Scotland): island communities impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

66. Cost of Living - Winter Heating Payment (Low Income) (Scotland): island communities impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

67. Fuel Poverty (Targets, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill: island communities impact assessment

68. Scotland’s Census 2011: Inhabited islands report 2015 (NRS)

69. Demography and health - Winter Heating Payment (Low Income) (Scotland): island communities impact assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

70. Rural Scotland Key Facts 2015 - People and Communities Services and Lifestyle Economy and Enterprise (www.gov.scot)

71. Population of Scottish Island Regions - National Records of Scotland (shinyapps.io)

72. rural-and-regional-disadvantage-in-the-highlands-and-islands-executive-summary.pdf (hie.co.uk)

73. Taking the temperature energy survey | Age Scotland (ageuk.org.uk)

74. Older people - Population groups - Public Health Scotland

75. NRS (2015) Inhabited Islands Analytical Report

76. Credit where it’s due: A briefing on low uptake of Pension Credit (independentage.org)

77. Social Security Experience Panels: publications - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

78. Scottish House Condition Survey: Key Findings 2019 - 4 Fuel Poverty - Scottish house condition survey: 2019 key findings - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

79. Section 243: scottish-house-condition-survey-2019-key-findings.pdf

80. Table 21: Scottish House Condition Survey 2019 Scottish house condition survey: 2019 key findings - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

81. “Not enough to live on”: Pensioner poverty in Scotland | Independent Age

82. "Not enough to live on": Pensioner poverty in Scotland (independentage.org)

83. Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) and Fuel Poverty Strategy: health impact assessment

84. Poverty and Income Inequality in Scotland 2019-22 (data.gov.scot)

85. Living longer - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

86. The Energy Penalty: Disabled People and Fuel Poverty

87. Page 20 Tackling Fuel Poverty in Scotland: A Strategic Approach (www.gov.scot)

88. Chapter 5: Households Most Affected - The Cost of Living Crisis in Scotland: analytical report - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

89. Low Income Winter Heating Assistance (LIWHA): consultation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

90. Winter Fuel Payments for “off-gas grid” households - House of Commons Library (parliament.uk)

Contact

Email: winterbenefitspolicy@gov.scot

Back to top