Age breakdown of Warmer Homes Scotland support: EIR release

Information requested

The uptake data broken down by age categories, along with information on which eligibility criteria brought them into the Warmer Homes Scotland scheme.

Response

To note, Home Energy Scotland is Warmer Homes Scotland’s referral partner who send eligible referrals to Warmworks, the scheme’s managing agent.

The answer to your question is below. Please note this data is for all eligible referrals sent from the start of the new phase of Warmer Homes Scotland in October 2023 until July 2025.

Eligibility criteria	Households	<30	30-45	46-59	60-75	75+
Qualifying UK benefit	15,587	387	3,226	3,843	5,086	3,045
Over 75 with no/broken central heating system	4,604	-	-	-	-	4,604
16 and over – Social Security Scotland benefits	2,447	90	639	773	884	61
DS1500/SR1/BASRiS	107	1	8	21	52	25
Total	22,745	478	3,873	4,637	5,972	7,735

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