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.

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: