Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they are providing (1) to owners, and (2) to occupiers, of older terraced houses and similar properties on ways of insulating external walls to modern standards.
Access to accurate and up-to-date information tailored to occupants and owners is a key part of improving the energy performance of homes effectively.
The Simple Energy Advice Service (SEA), launched in 2018, is a digital and phoneline service to provide homeowners, landlords and tenants with impartial and tailored advice on energy efficiency measures. This includes advice on insulating external walls.
At a local level, the Government is also supporting skills development and advice provision through a number of local supply chain demonstration pilots, which are testing new approaches to delivering home energy retrofit in the able-to-pay sector and recognises the importance of locally provided advice.