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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the viability of the future of the Energy Companies Obligation scheme; and if he will make a statement.

The Department will shortly consult on the Energy Companies Obligation (ECO) scheme that will run until March 2022. We propose focusing the scheme on low income and vulnerable households to reduce fuel poverty and support more innovation and as the Clean Growth Strategy published last October stated we will continue to enact support for home energy efficiency measures to 2028 at least at the current level of ECO funding.