Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the cost-effectiveness of using infrared heating to meet upcoming energy efficiency regulations.

Infrared heating is a promising technology, which when used with room-by-room control systems, could reduce electricity use relative to a direct electric heating system. However, previous Government research, such as the Cost Optimal Domestic Electrification Project, has found that lifetime costs of infrared heating are generally higher than other electric heating technologies, like heat pumps. The Government remains open to new evidence that would challenge this view and on the role infrared heating could play in decarbonising our buildings.