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Written Question
Housing: Kingston upon Hull North
Wednesday 21st December 2022

Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of which wards in Kingston upon Hull North constituency have the highest number of homes with retrofitting measures installed.

Answered by Graham Stuart

BEIS estimates that Orchard Park is the ward in Kingston upon Hull North constituency with the highest number of retrofitting measures installed through the following government schemes: Energy Company Obligation (ECO), Green Homes Grant (GHG) schemes, Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) and the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS). The order from highest to lowest ward is as follows:

  1. Orchard Park
  2. Avenue
  3. North Carr
  4. West Carr
  5. Beverley & Newland
  6. University
  7. Bricknell
  8. Central
  9. Kingswood
  10. Sutton

Written Question
Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery Scheme: Kingston upon Hull North
Wednesday 21st December 2022

Asked by: Diana Johnson (Labour - Kingston upon Hull North)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes were retrofitted with funding through the Local Authority Delivery Scheme in Kingston upon Hull North constituency as of 21 November 2022.

Answered by Graham Stuart

There were 150 homes retrofitted in Kingston upon Hull North constituency through the Local Authority Delivery (LAD) scheme. These figures use the same data as the latest November statistics release.


Written Question
Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery Scheme: Wirral South
Tuesday 13th December 2022

Asked by: Alison McGovern (Labour - Wirral South)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes had been retrofitted through the Local Authority Delivery Scheme in Wirral South on 21 November 2022.

Answered by Graham Stuart

As of 21 November 2022, according to official figures, 28 homes have been retrofitted in Wirral South under the Local Authority Delivery Scheme.


Written Question
Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery Scheme: Sefton Central
Tuesday 13th December 2022

Asked by: Bill Esterson (Labour - Sefton Central)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what type energy efficiency measure was installed most frequently in homes in the Sefton Central constituency through the Local Authority Delivery Scheme as of 6 December 2022.

Answered by Graham Stuart

The latest figures can be found in the November statistics release.


Written Question
Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery Scheme
Tuesday 13th December 2022

Asked by: Bill Esterson (Labour - Sefton Central)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what type of energy efficiency measure has been most installed under the Local Authority Delivery Scheme, as of 6 December 2022.

Answered by Graham Stuart

The latest figures can be found in the November statistics release.


Written Question
Green Homes Grant Scheme: Training
Thursday 8th December 2022

Asked by: Bill Esterson (Labour - Sefton Central)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2022 to Question 92184, whether he has plans to improve the rate of the number of registered installers eligible to participate in government energy efficiency measure installation schemes.

Answered by Graham Stuart

In September this year, BEIS launched a £9.2 million Home Decarbonisation Skills Training Competition. This has awarded funding to organisations to deliver 9,000 training courses across England to the building retrofit, energy efficiency and heat pump sectors. It will fund training to upskill those already working in these sectors, as well as bringing new installers into the industry. This will help to develop skills within the supply chain to deliver improvements to buildings through government-funded energy efficiency schemes.


Written Question
Green Homes Grant Scheme
Wednesday 7th December 2022

Asked by: Bill Esterson (Labour - Sefton Central)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many applications to the Green Homes Grant scheme were (a) submitted and (b) successful as of 1 December 2022.

Answered by Graham Stuart

BEIS estimates that the total Government contribution for measures installed through the Green Homes Grant Vouchers (GHGV) scheme was £233 million, and through the Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery (LAD) and Homes Upgrade Grant (HUG) schemes was £269 million.

Through the GHGV scheme, around 43,200 households had at least one measure installed, and around 37,000 through LAD and HUG.

Through the GHGV scheme, there were around 113,700 household applications with 43,200 households being successful. BEIS does not hold application information for LAD and HUG.


Written Question
Green Homes Grant Scheme
Wednesday 7th December 2022

Asked by: Bill Esterson (Labour - Sefton Central)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes have had energy efficiency measures installed as a result of the Green Homes Grant scheme.

Answered by Graham Stuart

BEIS estimates that the total Government contribution for measures installed through the Green Homes Grant Vouchers (GHGV) scheme was £233 million, and through the Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery (LAD) and Homes Upgrade Grant (HUG) schemes was £269 million.

Through the GHGV scheme, around 43,200 households had at least one measure installed, and around 37,000 through LAD and HUG.

Through the GHGV scheme, there were around 113,700 household applications with 43,200 households being successful. BEIS does not hold application information for LAD and HUG.


Written Question
Green Homes Grant Scheme
Wednesday 7th December 2022

Asked by: Bill Esterson (Labour - Sefton Central)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding has the Government spent on the Green Homes Grant scheme as 1 December 2022.

Answered by Graham Stuart

BEIS estimates that the total Government contribution for measures installed through the Green Homes Grant Vouchers (GHGV) scheme was £233 million, and through the Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery (LAD) and Homes Upgrade Grant (HUG) schemes was £269 million.

Through the GHGV scheme, around 43,200 households had at least one measure installed, and around 37,000 through LAD and HUG.

Through the GHGV scheme, there were around 113,700 household applications with 43,200 households being successful. BEIS does not hold application information for LAD and HUG.


Written Question
Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery Scheme: Sefton Central
Tuesday 6th December 2022

Asked by: Bill Esterson (Labour - Sefton Central)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on how much funding has been used for retrofitting homes in Sefton Central constituency through the Local Authority Delivery Scheme as of 24 November 2022.

Answered by Graham Stuart

Figures for grants issued by the scheme are held by the local authority and Local Net Zero hub. The total amount of funding that has been used for retrofitting homes in Sefton Central via the local Authority Delivery Scheme, is not available to the Department.