Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support homeowners with low to average annual incomes access loans and grants to make their properties more energy efficient.

The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) is a universal grant of up to £7.500 to help property owners replace fossil fuel heating systems with more efficient, low carbon alternatives such as heat pumps, with a recent uplift to up to £9,000 for off-gas-grid homes heated by oil or LPG.

We’ve committed to a new low-interest loans scheme backed by an initial £2 billion of Government support, helping households with upfront costs for various measures, and we’ll be providing more details on this soon.

The Government also provides targeted support for low‑income households worth £5 billion including through the Warm Homes: Local Grant and the Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund.

All these schemes form part of the Government’s broader £15 billion Warm Homes Plan, which represents the biggest public investment in home upgrades in British history.