Written question asked by Virginia Crosbie (Conservative) on Monday, 23 May 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 May 2022 (named day). It was answered by Greg Hands (Conservative) on Thursday, 26 May 2022 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Housing: Heating

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support the (a) generation and (b) adoption of cleaner methods of home heating.

Answer: In the Heat and Buildings Strategy, published in October 2021, the Government sets out actions for the reduction of emissions from buildings in the near and longer term. This includes a package of measures to reduce the costs of buying and running a heat pump and how the Government plans to scale up the deployment of heat pumps to 600,000 installations per annum by 2028. The new Boiler upgrade scheme, opened for grant applications 23 May, gives £5000 discounts towards installing a heat pump. The Government is also taking action to grow the market for heat networks and continues to invest in research for hydrogen heating.

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