The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1 Help to heat group eligibility

1.  The benefits referred to in the definition of “help to heat group” in article 2 are—

(a) child benefit under Part 9 of the 1992 Act(1);

(b) child tax credit under section 8 of the Tax Credits Act 2002(2);

(c) guarantee credit (and for this purpose “guarantee credit” is to be construed in accordance with sections 1 and 2 of the State Pension Credit Act 2002(3));

(d) housing benefit under Part 7 of the 1992 Act(4);

(e) income-based jobseeker’s allowance within the meaning of section 1 of the Jobseekers Act 1995(5);

(f) income-related allowance within the meaning of section 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007(6);

(g) income support under Part 7 of the 1992 Act(7);

(h) savings credit (and for this purpose “savings credit” is to be construed in accordance with sections 1 and 3 of the State Pension Credit Act 2002(8);

(i) universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012(9);

(j) working tax credit under section 10 of the Tax Credits Act 2002(10).

2.  The condition as to income in paragraph 3 is specified in relation to child benefit.

3.  Where the person claiming child benefit is—

(a) a single claimant, the condition as to income is that the claimant’s annual income from all sources does not exceed the amount set out in the first row of the table in the column corresponding to the number of children or qualifying young persons for whom the claimant is responsible;

(b) a member of a couple, the condition as to income is that the couple’s combined annual income from all sources does not exceed the amount set out in the second row of the table in the column corresponding to the number of children or qualifying young persons for whom at least one member of the couple is responsible.

Table

Type of claimant	Number of children or qualifying young persons
	1	2	3	4 or more
Single claimant	£19,900	£24,800	£29,600	£34,500
Member of a couple	£27,500	£32,300	£37,200	£42,000

4.  For the purposes of paragraph 3, whether a person is responsible for a child or qualifying young person is to be determined in accordance with Part 9 of the 1992 Act(11).

5.  In this Schedule—

“1992 Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(12);

“child” and “qualifying young person” have the same meaning as in Part 9 of the 1992 Act(13);

“couple” means—

(a)

two people who are married to, or civil partners of, each other and are members of the same household; or

(b)

two people who are not married to, or civil partners of, each other but are living together as if they were a married couple or civil partners;

“single claimant” means a person who is not a member of a couple.

(1)

See sections 141 and 145A. Section 141 was amended by section 1 of the Child Benefit Act 2005 (c. 6). Section 145A was inserted by section 55 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21) and was amended by Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), Schedule 1 to the Child Benefit Act 2005 and S.I. 2019/1458.

(2)

2002 c. 21. Section 8 is prospectively repealed by Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5).

(3)

2002 c. 16. Section 2 was amended by Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004.

(4)

See section 130. That section was amended by Schedule 3 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), Schedule 19 to the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52) and Schedules 5 and 8 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5). It is prospectively repealed by Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012.

(5)

1995 c. 18. Section 1 was amended by Schedules 7 and 13 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 and Schedule 3 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007. It was also amended by sections 44 and 49 of, and Schedule 14 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2012 and these amendments have been brought into force for certain purposes. It is prospectively amended by section 61 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.

(6)

2007 c. 5. Section 1 which establishes an allowance known as employment and support allowance, was amended by sections 50, 52 and 53 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012. It was also amended by section 54 of, and Schedules 3 and 14 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2012 and these amendments have been brought into force for certain purposes. It is prospectively amended by section 62 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.

(7)

See section 124. That section was amended by Schedules 2 and 3 to the Jobseekers Act 1995, Schedule 8 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999, Schedules 2 and 3 to the State Pension Credit Act 2002, Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004, Schedules 3 and 8 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007, section 3 of the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24) and section 59 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012. Part 7 is prospectively repealed by Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012.

(8)

Section 3 was substituted by Schedule 12 to the Pensions Act 2014 (c. 19).

(9)

See section 1.

(10)

Section 10 is prospectively repealed by Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012.

(11)

See section 143. That section was amended by section 72 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004, Schedules 1 and 2 to the Child Benefit Act 2005, S.I. 2013/1465 and 2016/413.

(12)

1992 c. 4.

(13)

See section 142. That section was amended by section 1 of the Child Benefit Act 2005.