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 adequacy of the reports submitted to him by local authorities in 2019 under the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995.

In 2019 BEIS introduced standardised digital platform in 2019 which was used for Home Energy Conservation Act responses to be collected and collated in consistent way. In addition, local authorities are required under the legislation to publish their report.

BEIS is exploring options on the best use of the submitted data, particularly to inform policy thinking on energy efficiency, and to build an ongoing picture of local and national energy efficiency policy delivery.