Regulation 5 of the Disclosure of State Pension Credit Information (Warm Home Discount) Regulations 2011, allows data to be shared between Government and energy supply companies participating in the Warm Home Discount Scheme in order to provide low income pensioners with a discount off their electricity bill and to provide relevant assistance to those vulnerable pensioners. This assistance can include targeting the delivery of ECO Affordable Warmth measures.As part of the Green Deal proposals, the Government are consulting on a referrals mechanism under which interested households that may be eligible for assistance under the Affordable Warmth obligation and contact the remote advice service would be channelled through to the participating energy suppliers.