- Purpose
- To identify citizens who are eligible for the automatic provision of a Warm Home Discount on their energy bill from their electricity supplier.
- Information sharing benefits
- Information sharing between the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and energy suppliers to enable the automatic provision of a Warm Home Discount on energy bills for eligible citizens.
- Disclosed information
- DWP will share a list of postcodes relating to postal areas inhabited by potentially eligible recipients of a Warm Home Discount (WHD). Participating energy suppliers will return names; addresses; unique identifiers and meter point administration numbers
- Information sharing method
- Encrypted Email Transfer
- Contact
- data.protectionofficer@dwp.gov.uk
- Start date
- 2026-06-04
- End date
- 2031-03-31
- Review date
- 2027-06-01
- Retention period
- P2Y
- Isa status
- Active
- Id
- 552
- Notes
- new agreement