Domestic Energy Efficiency: Retrofitting Debate
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Baroness Young of Old Scone
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Domestic Energy Efficiency: Retrofitting
Baroness Young of Old Scone Excerpts(3 years, 9 months ago)
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Baroness Young of Old Scone (Lab) [V]
My Lords, the £1.5 billion green homes grant scheme was launched by the Chancellor last July with a target of 600,000 homes. It was going to reduce carbon, create 16,000 jobs and tackle fuel poverty. The Prime Minister extended it for a year in November, yet here we are in March with it on the verge of being scrapped. As the Minister said, fewer than 25,000 grants have been made and less than £100 million of the £1.5 billion has been spent. What lessons will the Government take from this total failure into a much-needed plan B?
Lord Callanan (Con)
We are of course always keen to learn lessons. I acknowledged in the previous answer that there have been significant challenges in getting the scheme up and running, but I assure the noble Baroness that considerable effort is going into improving its performance.