- Purpose
- To provide benefit eligibility checks to support energy suppliers meet their obligation to verify the accuracy of WHDS Broader Group rebates made to domestic customers in Scotland.
- Information sharing benefits
- Information sharing between the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and licensed energy suppliers to provide benefit eligibility verification checks in support of rebates made to domestic energy customers under the WHDS (Broader Group) in Scotland.
- Disclosed information
- The energy supplier will disclose names, addresses, dates of birth (where available) and a unique identifier for energy consumers in Scotland who have claimed a Broader Group rebate. DWP will return unique identifiers (only) and a match status flag to the energy supplier.
- Information sharing method
- Encrypted Email Transfer
- Contact
- data.protectionofficer@dwp.gov.uk
- Start date
- 2025-09-30
- End date
- 2026-03-31
- Review date
- 2026-03-31
- Retention period
- P18M
- Isa status
- Active
- Id
- 494
- Notes
- New Agreement
- Updated
- 22 October 2025