Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what information his Department holds on changes in the level of (a) carbon emissions and (b) energy bills in schools that had retrofitting measures fitted through the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme.

Published estimates of carbon savings from Phase 1, 2 and 3 of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS) can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-and-emissions-projections-2021-to-2040.

These carbon impacts are forecasts based on economic modelling. Financial savings were not projected as these were not included in application data.

There are two ongoing evaluations of PSDS, covering process, impact, and value-for-money evaluations of Phases 1 to 3. Findings of these evaluations, including consideration of carbon impacts and energy cost savings will be published in due course.