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Energy Company Obligation Carbon Saving Community Obligation: Rural and Low Income Areas This document has been prepared by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2012. This document defines rural and low income areas. June 2012 Carbon Saving Community Obligation: Rural and Low Income Areas Correction to Energy Company Obligation Carbon Saving Community Obligation: Rural and Low Income Areas ISBN: 9780108511608 Published: 12 June 2012 Throughout the text of the report amend Energy Company Obligation To Energy Companies Obligation Page 126 amend to read 5. Eligible Rural Areas A minimum of 15% of all activity within the CSCo will be delivered within rural areas. A household may qualify to be eligible for activity in this section of the CSCo if the: Household is within a settlement of fewer than 10,000 inhabitants and is in receipt of one of the qualifying benefits listed in Schedule 1 of the Electricity and Gas (Energy Companies Obligation) Order 2012. amend footnote 1 to read (1) The document referred to can be found on the website for the Office of National Statistics:: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-230902 October 2012 London: The Stationery Office © Crown copyright 2012 You may re-use this information (excluding logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence. To view this licence, visit http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/ or e-mail: [email protected]. Where we have identified any third party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. Any enquiries regarding this publication should be sent to us at Department of Energy & Climate Change, 3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2AW. This document is also available from our website at www.decc.gov.uk/publications ISBN: 9780108511608 Printed in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited ID P002489722 06/12 21258 Printed on paper containing 75% recycled fibre content minimum. 2 Carbon Saving Community Obligation: Rural and Low Income Areas Contents 1. Introduction 2. Areas in England 3. Areas in Scotland 4. Areas in Wales 5. Eligible rural areas 6. Glossary 3 Carbon Saving Community Obligation: Rural and Low Income Areas 1. Introduction The Energy Company Obligation (ECO) is designed to complement the domestic Green Deal in a number of areas. For some of the most effective carbon saving measures, Green Deal finance alone will not be able to cover the upfront cost of the measures: ECO will combine with Green Deal finance to make these measures affordable under the Green Deal. ECO will also be used to provide insulation and heating measures to low-income and vulnerable households and insulation measures to low income communities. The Carbon Savings Community Obligation (CSCo) is expected to deliver measures equivalent to expenditure of £190m per year through to March 2015. The CSCo will target households across Great Britain in specified areas to improve energy efficiency standards. It will be funded as part of the ECO through an obligation on energy suppliers. The CSCo will focus on low income households and areas and will contribute to removing families from fuel poverty through ensuring that their properties receive energy efficiency measures. We estimate that around 250,000 major insulation measures will be delivered under this target to March 2015. The associated CSCo carbon savings target is 6.8mtCO2. The areas of low income that will be eligible for ECO support have been selected using the Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) in England, Scotland and Wales. In England, Scotland and Wales the lowest 15% of areas ranked in the IMD will qualify for inclusion within the CSCo element of ECO. Subject to the requirements laid out in Articles 13 (carbon saving community obligation) and 14 (actions in areas adjoining areas of low income) of the Order, up to 20% of activity under CSCo may be undertaken in areas adjoining those specified in the lists below. To ensure that rural areas are able to benefit from the CSCo element of the ECO, we will require energy suppliers to deliver a minimum of 15% of their CSCo obligation to low-income households living in rural areas. This is defined as a household within a settlement under 10,000 homes and in receipt of the same qualifying benefits as for the home heating cost reduction obligation (see article 15 of the Order). All households, regardless of tenure, will be eligible for support. Section 5 of this document will provide further detail concerning eligible households in rural areas. Sections 2, 3 and 4 of this document list the areas of low income in England, Scotland and Wales respectively which qualify for the CSCo element of the ECO. Further information on the Indices of Multiple Deprivation can be found at: England: http://www.communities.gov.uk/communities/research/indicesdeprivation/ Scotland: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/SIMD Wales: http://wales.gov.uk/topics/statistics/theme/wimd/?lang=en 4 Carbon Saving Community Obligation: Rural and Low Income Areas 2. Low income areas in England For the purposes of the Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2012, “area of low income” means any of the areas described in each of the rows in the following table using either a “LSOA Name” descriptor or a “LSOA Code” descriptor. Full details on how to ascertain the geographical boundaries of the LSOA areas specified below will be contained within forthcoming guidance from the Administrator. The geographical boundary may be ascertained by inputting the “LSOA Name” descriptor into the “map viewer” section of the ONS lookup tool found at: http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk LSOA Code LSOA Name LA Code LA Name E01021988 Tendring 018A 22UN Tendring District E01013139 North East Lincolnshire 002C 00FC North East Lincolnshire E01012673 Blackpool 010A 00EY Blackpool E01006559 Liverpool 018C 00BY Liverpool District E01012721 Blackpool 007C 00EY Blackpool E01006755 Liverpool 059C 00BY Liverpool District E01024908 Burnley 010E 30UD Burnley District E01012678 Blackpool 008A 00EY Blackpool E01005484 Rochdale 010E 00BQ Rochdale District E01005204 Manchester 009C 00BN Manchester District E01012875 Kingston upon Hull 003A 00FA City of Kingston upon Hull E01006560 Liverpool 023A 00BY Liverpool District E01006777 Liverpool 022C 00BY Liverpool District E01010617 Bradford 039C 00CX Bradford District E01013138 North East Lincolnshire 006A 00FC North East Lincolnshire E01013137 North East Lincolnshire 002B 00FC North East Lincolnshire E01012114 Redcar and Cleveland 009B 00EE Redcar and Cleveland E01006442 Knowsley 010B 00BX Knowsley District E01005466 Rochdale 016C 00BQ Rochdale District E01006561 Liverpool 018D 00BY Liverpool District E01024858 Burnley 007C 30UD Burnley District E01024676 Thanet 003A 29UN Thanet District E01012681 Blackpool 006A 00EY Blackpool E01007122 Wirral 011C 00CB Wirral District E01009365 Birmingham 071D 00CN Birmingham District E01005655 Salford 024A 00BR Salford District E01012671 Blackpool 013A 00EY Blackpool E01006778 Liverpool 014E 00BY Liverpool District E01006704 Liverpool 022A 00BY Liverpool District E01012041 Middlesbrough 003F 00EC Middlesbrough E01012070 Middlesbrough 001C 00EC Middlesbrough E01024906 Burnley 012B 30UD Burnley District E01024657 Thanet 001A 29UN Thanet District E01012720 Blackpool 007B 00EY Blackpool E01012682 Blackpool 008D 00EY Blackpool E01009585 Coventry 007E 00CQ Coventry District E01012672 Blackpool 013B 00EY Blackpool E01008836 Sunderland 016F 00CM Sunderland District 5 Carbon Saving Community Obligation: Rural and Low Income Areas E01006647 Liverpool 024C 00BY Liverpool District E01006445 Knowsley 010E 00BX Knowsley District E01012683 Blackpool 006B 00EY Blackpool E01006563 Liverpool 024B 00BY Liverpool District E01006703 Liverpool 014D 00BY Liverpool District E01006874 St. Helens 014E 00BZ St. Helens District E01006646 Liverpool 023C 00BY Liverpool District E01009488 Birmingham 051C 00CN Birmingham District E01004821 Bolton 016A 00BL Bolton District E01006467 Knowsley 008B 00BX Knowsley District E01006562 Liverpool 018E 00BY Liverpool District E01028276 Mansfield 009E 37UF Mansfield District E01006679 Liverpool 039D 00BY Liverpool District E01005350 Oldham 014B 00BP Oldham District E01006468 Knowsley 008C 00BX Knowsley District E01012069 Middlesbrough 001B 00EC Middlesbrough E01006540 Liverpool 024A 00BY Liverpool District E01006469 Knowsley 008D 00BX Knowsley District E01006732 Liverpool 011E 00BY Liverpool District E01012737 Blackpool 010E 00EY Blackpool E01005568 Rochdale 012E 00BQ Rochdale District E01024877 Burnley 003D 30UD Burnley District E01012674 Blackpool 013C 00EY Blackpool E01006417 Knowsley 003B 00BX Knowsley District E01006699 Liverpool 014A 00BY Liverpool District E01005228 Manchester 009E 00BN Manchester District E01010730 Bradford 045C 00CX Bradford District E01006558 Liverpool 018B 00BY Liverpool District E01005067 Manchester 020A 00BN Manchester District E01012655 Blackburn with Darwen 006E 00EX Blackburn with Darwen E01013136 North East Lincolnshire 002A 00FC North East Lincolnshire E01006779 Liverpool 022D 00BY Liverpool District E01005658 Salford 024B 00BR Salford District E01006677 Liverpool 043D 00BY Liverpool District E01005482 Rochdale 010C 00BQ Rochdale District E01012170 Redcar and Cleveland 008D 00EE Redcar and Cleveland E01012890 Kingston upon Hull 031F 00FA City of Kingston upon Hull E01008011