AQW 2498/22-27


Mr Eóin Tennyson
Alliance Party
Upper Bann


Tabled Date: 30/06/2022
Answered On Date: 19/07/2022
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities whether her Department maintains data on the proportion of the Affordable Warmth Scheme budget that is spent on administration fees paid to Councils and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.


Answer:
Funding of the Affordable Warmth Scheme (AWS) involves 3 key elements:
AWS Programme Costs – the amount of funding that is paid to successful applicants to facilitate works completion.
Housing Executive Programme Administration Costs – funding of salary and admin costs incurred by Housing Executive in the delivery of the programme.
Local Council Administration Costs – administration costs payable to Local Councils who generate AWS referrals for Housing Executive.
Housing Executive have provided details of expenditure incurred during the Financial Year 2021/22 as follows:
2021/22 Financial Year
£’s
Affordable Warmth Programme Costs
11,815,907
Housing Executive Programme Administration Costs
2,160,102
Local Council Administration Costs
811,271
Total
14,787,280