Oral Answers to Questions

Peter Gibson Excerpts

Tuesday 28th February 2023 Commons Chamber

[Siobhan Baillie (Stroud) (Con)]

1. What steps he is taking to encourage households to install energy efficiency measures.

[Peter Gibson (Darlington) (Con)]

22. What steps he is taking to encourage households to install energy efficiency measures.

[The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Grant Shapps)]

The Government have made good progress, with 47% of homes in England now having reached the Government’s 2035 target of achieving energy performance certificate level C and above, which is up from 14% in 2010.

[Grant Shapps]

My hon. Friend is right to worry about radiator sludge, and I fully support her in her concerns. I am pleased to tell her that in this Parliament and into the next we have committed £12.6 billion to campaigns to ensure not just that we tackle the radiator sludge, but that we do things throughout homes to improve their insulation and other technologies. I would be happy to meet her.

[Peter Gibson]

Retrofitting older homes can reduce carbon emissions, cut energy bills, make homes warmer, reduce reliance on gas and bring new green jobs to the north. However, the costs associated with retrofitting are currently prohibitive to achieving it on a large scale. What more can my right hon. Friend do to ensure that we bring down the cost of retrofitting homes?