You can now apply for the £400 discount on your energy bills if you don’t get it automatically from the Government.
You may be eligible to apply if your main home is:
- a residential park home
- on a boat on a permanent residential mooring
- on a permanent Gypsy and Traveller site
- part of a heat network without an electricity meter
- in social or private rented accommodation which has a business energy connection or a communal electricity supply
- off the mains electricity or gas grid
- in a care home or assisted living facility and you pay for some or all of your care (directly or through loss of pension or other benefits)
- in a separate domestic home within a non-domestic property (such as a farmhouse or a flat above a shop)
It is a one-off, non-repayable payment of £400 which will be paid straight into the bank accounts of those eligible. You can apply online here or for those without online access, a telephone helpline 0808 175 3287 is available Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm for applications.
