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

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money they have (1) allocated, and (2) propose to allocate to upgrade (a) fuel poor homes, and (b) all homes to achieve Energy Performance Certificate band C.

Our manifesto committed £6.3 billion to improving people’s homes, to accelerate our progress towards net zero emissions by 2050 and to help households reduce their energy bills.

The Summer Economic Update announced more than £2 billion of funding for upgrading the energy efficiency of homes. The Green Homes Grant is a £2 billion programme which will help improve the energy efficiency of homes in England. Low income and vulnerable homeowners in receipt of certain benefits may be eligible for a grant covering up to 100% of the cost of installation, up to £10,000.

The £50 million Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund will contribute to fuel poverty alleviation and energy efficiency improvements of social housing stock. The Prime Minister announced that the scheme will carry on for an additional year, with £60 million additional funding announced for social housing at Spending Review 2020

The Energy Company Obligation scheme requires energy companies to deliver energy efficiency and heating measures to low income, vulnerable and fuel poor households. The current scheme is worth £640m per year and ends in March 2022. My Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced an extension to this scheme until 2026 in his Ten Point Plan. Further details about ECO will be consulted on in the first half of next year.

We will publish the Heat and Buildings Strategy and Fuel Poverty Strategy in the coming months. These strategies will set out further details on how we will work towards alleviating fuel poverty and improving homes’ energy performance ratings.