Draft Winter Heating Assistance (Low Income) (Scotland) Regulations 2022: scrutiny report
The Scottish Commission on Social Security's scrutiny report on the draft Winter Heating Assistance (Low Income) (Scotland) Regulations 2022
Contents
Annex 3 – Qualifying benefits
| Household type | Qualifying benefit | Additional requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Pensionable age | State pension credit | None |
| Working age with a child under five years old | Universal credit, income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance or income-related employment and support allowance | Universal credit includes a disabled child addition or the individual is not employed or self-employed |
| Working age, no child under five | Universal credit | Limited capability for work or limited capability for work related activity and not employed or self-employed; receipt of a disabled child addition |
| Working age, no child under five | Income support | Receipt of disability premium, severe disability premium, enhanced disability premium, disabled child premium or child tax credit disability element |
| Working age, no child under five | Income-based jobseeker’s allowance | Receipt of disability premium, severe disability premium, enhanced disability premium, disabled child premium or child tax credit disability element |
| Working age, no child under five | Income-related employment and support allowance | Membership of work-related activity group or support group; receipt of severe disability premium, enhanced disability premium or child tax credit disability element |
| Mixed working age and pensionable age | Income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance, income-related employment and support allowance | Receipt of pensioner premium or higher pensioner premium |
| Any | Owner-occupier loan payments | Treated as entitled to state pension credit, UC, IS, IBJSA or IRESA and meets any additional requirements set out above |