Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has plans to increase funding for the Home Upgrade Grant scheme.

The Home Upgrade Grant (HUG) was a 2019 Conservative manifesto commitment of £2.5 billion for homes in fuel poverty living off the gas grid. To date, the Government has allocated £1.1 billion to the HUG as part of the 2020 and 2021 spending reviews which is being delivered from 2022 to March 2025. A further £6.05 billion was announced for Net Zero Buildings & Industry at the Autumn Statement in 2022 for the period 2025 to 2028. Allocation of this by His Majesty's Treasury to individual schemes will take place at future fiscal events.