Housing: Energy
(asked on 18th May 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to support councils and people to retrofit older housing stock to make it more carbon neutral.
Answered by
Martin McCluskey
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Warm Homes Plan will deliver £15 billion to upgrade Britain’s old housing stock with solar panels, batteries, heat pumps and insulation to cut bills for good.
The Government is committed to working in partnership with local government to deliver the Plan through an area-based approach. This includes £5 billion directly allocated to low-income households to be delivered initially through the the Warm Homes: Local Grant (WH:LG) and Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund (WH:SHF).
The plan also includes an offer for everyone, with the new Warm Homes Fund to provide up to £5 billion in investments and consumer loans for the home upgrade sector, and an expanded Boiler Upgrade Scheme for all eligible households in England and Wales.
The new Warm Homes Agency will play a pivotal role in supporting local partnerships, convening, facilitating and supporting where necessary to build capacity within local government to help deliver the Plan.