Overview
- Ministers confirmed eligible households will receive a £150 rebate on winter electricity bills each year for the rest of the decade.
- Last year’s expansion added about 2.7 million households, taking eligibility to roughly six million across Great Britain.
- Reforms will make around 345,000 Scottish households receive the payment automatically next winter, an increase of about 250,000.
- A separate Budget measure will cut average bills by £150 from April, alongside a £15bn Warm Homes Plan to fund home upgrades.
- Officials urge anyone who believes they qualify but has not been notified to check letters or call 0800 030 9322 by late February.