Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will increase support for (a) the ventilation and insulation of buildings and (b) other climate change mitigation measures following the summer 2022 heatwave.

In the Heat and Buildings Strategy the Government set out plans to decarbonise the UK’s 30 million homes and workplaces and committed to considering current and possible future scenarios including overheating risks and indoor air quality risks when developing future policies. BEIS plans to undertake further research in this area.

The Government has committed £6.6 billion across this Parliament to decarbonise heat and buildings. All measures installed under Government schemes must meet the latest Publicly Available Specification PAS2035/2030:2019 standards. These standards adopt a whole-house approach to home retrofit, requiring adequate ventilation throughout the dwelling and steps to mitigate against overheating risks.