Asked by: Margaret Greenwood (Labour - Wirral West)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many households in Wirral West constituency have received support from Energy Company Obligation schemes in each year that they have operated.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The number of households that have received Energy Company Obligation (ECO) measures in Wirral West constituency in each year since 2013 can be found in the table below:
Year | Number of Households receiving ECO measures |
2013 | 618 |
2014 | 1,279 |
2015 | 356 |
2016 | 350 |
2017 | 87 |
2018 | 62 |
2019 | 104 |
2020 | 154 |
2021 | 284 |
2022 | 65 |
Jan – Jun 2023 | 12 |
Source: Household Energy Efficiency Statistics, headline release August 2023 (underlying data)
Asked by: Margaret Greenwood (Labour - Wirral West)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Citizens Advice report entitled Demand: Net Zero, published in May 2023, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a national advice service to provide advice on home energy efficiency.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Government is committed to improving customer advice regarding home energy efficiency. The current digital service was launched on GOV.UK in July 2022 and is titled ‘Find ways to save energy in your home’. The service provides tailored impartial advice and is supported by a national phoneline service which launched in March 2023.
In autumn, enhancements of Government digital services will enable consumers to check whether they’re eligible for retrofit schemes such as the Great British Insulation Scheme (GBIS) and Home Upgrade Grant: Phase 2 (HUG2).
Asked by: Margaret Greenwood (Labour - Wirral West)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Citizens Advice report entitled Demand: Net Zero, published in May 2023, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the upfront costs of home retrofitting for households.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Government is investing £6.6 billion over this Parliament on clean heat and improving energy efficiency in buildings. In addition, £6 billion of new Government funding will be made available from 2025 to 2028.
The Government's ‘Help to Heat’ schemes ensure homes will be warmer and cheaper to heat. The schemes will deliver upgrades to over half a million homes in the coming years through the Government's Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, Home Upgrade Grant Scheme and Energy Company Obligation.
The Government is also improving its consumer advice and guidance and mobilising the Green Finance Market.
Asked by: Margaret Greenwood (Labour - Wirral West)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Citizens Advice report entitled Demand: Net Zero, published in May 2023, what steps her Department plans to take to incentivise (a) homeowners and (b) other housing tenures to improve the energy efficiency of their homes.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Government is investing £6.6 billion over this Parliament on clean heat and improving energy efficiency in buildings which will benefit homeowners and other housing tenures. In addition, £6 billion of new Government funding will be made available from 2025 to 2028.
Catalysing the market for Green Finance is a priority to help support homeowners with the upfront costs of improvement.
In 2022, the Government launched a home retrofit tool on gov.uk to provide tailored recommendations to households for home improvements.
Asked by: Margaret Greenwood (Labour - Wirral West)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of additional targeted energy support for (a) people with motor neurone disease, (b) people who are reliant on energy-intensive assistive equipment and (c) other disabled people, in the context of increases in the cost of (i) energy and (ii) living.
Answered by Amanda Solloway
As set out in the Autumn Statement, the Government is exploring the best approach to consumer protection from April 2024, as part of wider retail market reforms. Officials are engaging with stakeholders with a view to targeting support for the most vulnerable and alleviating fuel poverty.
In response to higher prices, the Government has put in place the Energy Price Guarantee and provided significant additional support to help those who need it most through winter 2022-23 and into 2023-24.
Asked by: Margaret Greenwood (Labour - Wirral West)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will extend the deadline to claim for this year’s Warm Home Discount scheme beyond 28 February 2023.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The end of the scheme year, as set in regulation, is 31 March. As participating energy suppliers have 30 days to provide the rebates, the deadline for making a claim this scheme year is 28 February to ensure that almost all rebates are paid before the end of the scheme year.
This deadline was communicated in the over three and a half million letters that the Government sent to eligible and potentially eligible households between November and mid-January.
Asked by: Margaret Greenwood (Labour - Wirral West)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the number of households in Wirral West constituency that (a) are eligible to receive payments under the Warm Home Discount Scheme in 2023 and (b) were eligible to receive those payments in 2022.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Government does not hold constituency-level data on eligibility for Warm Home Discount rebates in previous years or this scheme year. More precise figures on eligibility for 2022/23 will only be available after the scheme year has ended after March.