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 potential merits of retrospectively adding water efficiency measures to (a) Energy Company Obligation and (b) other existing domestic retrofit policies.

This Government’s proposals to help households across England use water more efficiently were announced last year by my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs[1].

The principle objectives of the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme and other domestic retrofit schemes are to help alleviate fuel poverty, accelerate progress to meet targets, and contribute to carbon reduction targets in the domestic sector. ECO also aims to reduce the costs of meeting the UK’s renewable energy target through promoting more efficient energy use.

It is not within scope of ECO or other existing domestic retrofit policies to address water efficiency.

[1] https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2021-07-01/hcws140