Oral Answers to Questions

Paul Blomfield Excerpts

Tuesday 27th February 2024 Commons Chamber

[Kate Hollern (Blackburn) (Lab)]

2. What estimate she has made of the number of households in fuel poverty in winter 2023-24.

[Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central) (Lab)]

6. What estimate she has made of the number of households in fuel poverty in winter 2023-24.

[Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw) (SNP)]

8. What steps she is taking to support households in fuel poverty during winter.

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[Amanda Solloway]

Energy efficiency is incredibly important to this Government and we have many schemes available. The Great British insulation scheme alone has committed £592 million.

[Paul Blomfield]

I hear what the Minister says about the Great British insulation scheme. It comes after the green deal and the green homes grant, but frankly it looks like another failure. There are 1.4 million people living in South Yorkshire, but just 137 of their homes have been upgraded under the GBIS. My constituents want their bills cut, emissions reduced and their homes insulated, but Government incompetence is standing in the way. When will the Minister get a grip?

[Amanda Solloway]

We are spending £6 billion in this Parliament and a further £6 billion up to 2028 to make buildings, including private rented properties, cleaner and warmer. That is in addition to the estimated £5 billion that will be delivered for ECO4—the energy company obligation—and the Great British insulation scheme up to March 2026.