Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households will not be reimbursed for the funds they paid for a Green Deal Assessment; and what (a) total and (b) average sum is paid by such households.

598,612 Green Deal Assessments had been lodged by the end of August 2015.

This has played a part in the installation of around 1.6 million energy efficiency measures in around 1.3 million properties.

The Department’s Green Deal Customer Journey Survey, published in March 2015, showed that 80% of householders did not pay to have a Green Deal Assessment, and that of those people who did pay in full or in part for their assessment, half paid £150 or less.1,2 Consumers have obtained Green Deal assessments for a number of reasons, these include: saving money on their energy bills; the prospect of a warmer home; the offer of free assessments; having improvements done for free or at a reduced price; and concerns over rising energy bills. Assessments have allowed householders to access a number of different Government schemes or fund work themselves. The Government does not offer reimbursements for assessments which are payments to companies or private individuals.

[1] Page 10 of report at

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414170/green_deal_customer_journey_survey_report.pdf

2 https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414176/green_deal_customer_journey_topline_data.xlsx (Table D7)