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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

Annex 3 – Qualifying benefits

Household typeQualifying benefitAdditional requirements
Pensionable ageState pension creditNone
Working age with a child under five years oldUniversal credit, income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance or income-related employment and support allowanceUniversal credit includes a disabled child addition or the individual is not employed or self-employed
Working age, no child under fiveUniversal creditLimited 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 fiveIncome supportReceipt of disability premium, severe disability premium, enhanced disability premium, disabled child premium or child tax credit disability element
Working age, no child under fiveIncome-based jobseeker’s allowanceReceipt of disability premium, severe disability premium, enhanced disability premium, disabled child premium or child tax credit disability element
Working age, no child under fiveIncome-related employment and support allowanceMembership 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 ageIncome support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance, income-related employment and support allowanceReceipt of pensioner premium or higher pensioner premium
AnyOwner-occupier loan paymentsTreated as entitled to state pension credit, UC, IS, IBJSA or IRESA and meets any additional requirements set out above
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