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EIR/202500476314 · FOI/EIR · unclear

Age breakdown of Warmer Homes Scotland support: EIR release

Published
2025-08-21
Received
2025-07-09
Responded
2025-08-07
Directorate
Energy and Climate Change Directorate
Topic
Energy, Environment and climate change, Public sector
Exemptions
None detected

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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