FOI - Warmer Homes Scheme [Jul 2023]

Your request

A copy of the completed application for the Sustainable Warmth competition submitted 
by the GLA and the Warmer Homes Scheme (including ‘Annex A – Completing the 
Application Form’)

A copy of the completed Memorandum of Understanding that the GLA and the Warmer 
Homes Scheme made in relation to the Sustainable Warmth competition.

A copy of each the monthly progress reports that the Warmer Home Scheme submitted 
to the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) against Key Performance Indicators.

A copy of the risk assessment carried out by the GLA and Warmer Homes Scheme with 
regard to its duties under the Equality Act 2010 together with a copy of respective 
outcomes.

A spreadsheet to show the following information with respect to each Warmer Homes  Scheme application:

• Submission date
• Local Authority for the property
• Building type (for example, 4 bed detached)
• Property construction (for example, traditional)
• Tenure-type (for example, private rented)
• Ethnicity
• Applicant year of birth
• LAD or HUG?
• Path (A, B or C)
• Any pre existing EPC rating (for example, D, E, F, G)
• RdSAP, SAP or EPR rating (for example, D, E, F, G)
• Measure Type (for example, external wall insulation, air source heat pump)
• Cost saving forecast
• Offer to applicant - value
• Offer to applicant - date 
• EPC rating at offer or award date
• Offer accepted or declined by applicant

Our response

Please find attached the information the GLA holds within the scope of your request. 

A copy of the completed application* for the Sustainable Warmth competition 
submitted by the GLA and the Warmer Homes Scheme (including ‘Annex A – Completing 
the Application Form’)

A copy of the completed Memorandum of Understanding that the GLA and the Warmer 
Homes Scheme made in relation to the Sustainable Warmth competition

A copy of each the monthly progress reports that the Warmer Home Scheme submitted 
to BEIS against Key Performance Indicators*.

Equality considerations are detailed under Mayoral Decision 3010.

Spreadsheet of scheme data**.

Please note that some names of members of staff are exempt from disclosure under section 40 (Personal information) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

This information could potentially identify specific employees and as such constitutes as personal data which is defined by Article 4(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to mean any information relating to an identified or identifiable living individual.

It is considered that disclosure of this information would contravene the first data protection principle under Article 5(1) of GDPR which states that personal data must be processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner in relation to the data subject.

* We consider that some of the information held within parts 1, 2 and 3 of your request is 
exempt from disclosure under section 43 (2) (Commercial interests) of the Act. This provides that information can be withheld from release if its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of any person, including those of the GLA. 
A commercial interest relates to a person’s ability to participate competitively in a commercial activity.

The GLA is due to go out to tender again soon and the information on costs and 
staffing would be likely to be prejudicial to the bids that the GLA receives. If this information is known amongst bidders then there is a real likelihood that the GLA will receive inflated bids. 

Section 43(2) constitutes a qualified exemption from our duty to disclose information under the Act and consideration has to be given as to whether the public interest favouring disclosure of the information covered by this exemption outweighs the public interest considerations favouring maintaining the exemption and withholding the information.

In this instance we regard it not to be in the public interest to release information that would be likely to affect the ability for the GLA to achieve best value for the public purse.

**Please note that the GLA does not hold all of the data being requested. 

If you have any further questions relating to this matter, please contact us, quoting 
reference MGLA310723-3163.