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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to (a) support a globally competitive heat pump manufacturing sector in the UK and (b) help ensure that the industry is supported in the upskilling and recruitment of engineers to install and maintain heat pumps.

In the British Energy Security Strategy, the Government announced a Heat Pump Investment Accelerator Competition worth up to £30 million. This aims to secure private investment to boost the competitive manufacturing of heat pumps and components in the UK, build supply chain resilience and support jobs in the green economy.

Training is available for existing heating engineers to install heat pumps, and can be completed in one week.