MPs Looking Into Failings of the Warm Front Scheme

The Warm Front Scheme, which was designed to ensure that energy efficient improvements can be provided to the most vulnerable, is to be examined by the House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee after a number of failings have been seen.

The BBC has stated that dozens of people who rely on the scheme have been left without any heat this winter. Many people use it to find trained plumbers to repair their boilers.

Other measures that the Warm Front scheme helps to provide for includes improving energy efficiency of properties, through measures such as insulation and double glazing totalling a value of up to £3,500. Those eligible for the scheme are people who are already in receipt of certain benefits.

The budget may rise to £6,000 in cases where the assessment recommends low carbon, oil or renewable technologies to be installed.

Throughout the past ten years it is estimated that around two million people have benefited from the Warm Front Scheme.

However, complaints arose after many Warm Front customers were told that it could take up to six months before any work is carried out on their property. Others have stated that the work they did receive was substandard. These complaints were sent into the BBC. Some households were even left without any hot water or heating after their boilers stopped working.

Sherwood MP Paddy Tipping has stated that the situation is unacceptable, and MPs will be looking into failings of the scheme.