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Suppliers will also continue to have discretion, subject to Ofgem approval, to extend their eligibility criteria further to other households that are wholly or mainly in or at risk of fuel poverty. Under the core group and broader group, around 560,000 rebates are expected to be provided each winter to Scottish households for the rest of this decade. That is almost double the number supported in winter 2023-24, before the scheme was expanded for winter 2025-26 by this Government. In addition, the regulations introduce provisions for a late rebate to be issued where an eligible household for the core group did not receive support in the previous scheme year due to an administrative error by a supplier, Ofgem or the Secretary of State.