Dr. Tricia Keilthy:

On the warmth and well-being pilot and programme, it is critical for two reasons. First, it keeps policy visibility on the link between energy efficiency and health and second, it is a programme that targets children in poverty.

Correct me if I am wrong, but it is one of the schemes under which people in local authority housing can apply. It reaches children in poverty much better than the warmer homes scheme. In our experience, it is highly unlikely that someone in receipt of the working family payment or the one-parent family payment is also a homeowner. From a child poverty point of view, whether considering asthma, antibiotic use, school absenteeism, that programme does things well. Its continuation is important from a child poverty point of view.