Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of ending the Energy Company Obligation on private sector investment in home energy efficiency in Wales.

To bring energy bills down for all, the decision has been made not to continue the Energy Company Obligation when the current scheme ends.

We recognise that the decision will be unwelcome news to those working within the supply chain for these schemes. The government has instead committed to additional grant funding of £1.5bn to be directed to upgrading low-income households, benefitting those in fuel poverty. Details of this will be set out in the Warm Homes Plan.

We also intend to implement the manifesto commitment to increasing minimum energy efficiency standards in the private and social rented sectors.