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皇冠体育app ECO: Help to Heat consultation ran from 29th June 2016 to 17th August 2016. 皇冠体育app consultation received 236 formal responses. All comments have been given full consideration in the development of this Government response as well as for the purpose of further developing proposals for the longer term scheme. 皇冠体育app Department is grateful to everyone who took the time to respond to the consultation.

皇冠体育app majority of responses were supportive of most of the proposals.

Stakeholders generally agreed with focusing the scheme more on installations which made the most impact on reducing fuel poverty (more insulation, fewer replacement gas boilers), although views were split on the level of replacement boilers and solid wall insulation.

皇冠体育appre were concerns about the scale of change for a one-year scheme, with suggestions on how to mitigate this. 皇冠体育appre was broad support for the overarching simplification of delivery and administration of the scheme.

Key policy decisions made include:

• An 18 month extension to the ECO scheme (April 2017 鈥� September 2018).
• Introduction of a more simplified and targeted scheme. 皇冠体育app Affordable Warmth Group will be increased to around 4.7m rather than 4m (in consultation) households. This will include more households who are in fuel poverty, and those on lower incomes, who may be struggling to meet heating and other bills;
• eligibility for certain measures under Affordable Warmth will be extended to social housing in EPC bands E, F or G;
• Local authorities will have a role in determining eligible homes, following the introduction of the 鈥榝lexible eligibility鈥� mechanism, which suppliers can use for up to 10% of their Affordable Warmth obligation;
• the requirement to deliver a minimum level of solid wall insulation will be increased from the proposed equivalent (in consultation) of 17,000 measures per year to 21,000 per year;
• rural delivery will be protected as 15% of Carbon Emission Reduction Obligation will be delivered in rural areas.
• administration will be simplified. 鈥楧eemed scores鈥� will be introduced in place of the current Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) methodology.