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 effect of relaxing the First Time Central Heating requirement of the Energy Company Obligation for net-zero measures on the (a) number of left behind properties that would be moved out of fuel poverty and (b) decarbonisation of the housing stock.
The Government will shortly consult on proposed changes to the Energy Company Obligation scheme, including any changes to first time central heating.
The modelled impacts of the successor scheme will be set out in the accompanying Impact Assessment. This will include the associated carbon savings and the number of homes that are expected to be treated through the scheme.