Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of expanding the ECO4 scheme eligibility criteria to include households with a total annual income above £30,000.

Households may qualify for support under ECO4 where a member of the household receives a qualifying means-tested benefit, regardless of the total household income.

The Flexible Eligibility element of the scheme (ECO Flex) allows a gross combined household income of £31,000, with additional routes (not based on income) for households where a member has been diagnosed with a specific long-term health condition which could be impacted by living in a cold home.