Paragraph 1

The benefits referred to in the definition of affordable warmth group in article 2 are—

(a)

child tax credit^f1 and has a relevant income of £15,860 or less (where “relevant income” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Tax Credits Act 2002^f2);

(b)

income-related employment and support allowance^f3 and—

(i)

receiving a work-related activity or support component; or

(ii)

has parental responsibility for a qualifying child; or

(iii)

is in receipt of a qualifying component;

(c)

income-based job seeker’s allowance^f4 and—

(i)

has parental responsibility for a qualifying child; or

(ii)

is in receipt of a qualifying component;

(d)

income support^f5 and—

(i)

has parental responsibility for a qualifying child; or

(ii)

is in receipt of a qualifying component;

(e)

state pension credit^f6; or

(f)

working tax credit and has a relevant income of £15,860 or less and—

(i)

has parental responsibility for a qualifying child; or

(ii)

is in receipt of a disabled worker element or severe disability element; or

(iii)

is aged 60 years or over.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Child tax credit and working tax credit are provided for in Part I of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c.21).
f2: 2002 c.21.
f3: See Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c.5).
f4: See section 1(1) and (4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c 18).
f5: See section 124 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c 4).
f6: See section 1(1) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c.16).