Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the recent Imperial College study, The Future of Home Heating, that concluded hydrogen infrastructure is not going to be viable for domestic heating applications at scale for at least the next 10 years.

The Government plans to take decisions in 2026 on the role hydrogen could play in decarbonising heating. To inform these decisions, the Government isworking with industry and others on a range of research and development projects to help assess the feasibility, costs and benefits of using hydrogen in place of natural gas. These projects will also consider potential options for hydrogen infrastructure. The Government welcomed the study from Imperial College as a new contribution to the evidence base.