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<p>The Warm Home Discount Scheme helps over 2 million low income and vulnerable households
each year and has provided a total of £1.1 billion of direct assistance since the
scheme began. The Government announced in the Spending Review on 25 November 2015
that the Warm Home Discount scheme would be extended to 2020/21 at current levels
of £320m per year, rising with inflation, to help households who are at risk of fuel
poverty with their energy bills.</p><br /><p>The issue of fuel poverty is devolved
to the Northern Ireland Executive, which decides its own fuel poverty objectives and
policies.</p><br /> <br />
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