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1122447

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date	23/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Home Energy and Lifestyle Management: Green Deal Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2019 to Question 242191 on Green Deal Scheme: Appeals, how many of the 99 outstanding cases that have been referred to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy have been with his office for (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five, (f) six, (g) seven, (h) eight, (i) nine, (j) 10, (k) 11 and (l) 12 months or longer without a final decision having been made.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	246545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>At 25<sup>th</sup> April 2019 there are 107 outstanding appeals, relating to the company Home Energy &amp; Lifestyle Management Ltd (HELMS), which have been referred to my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State. The table below provides details of the age of the outstanding appeals.</p><p> </p><p>Further to the Answer of 16 April 2019 to Question 242191, the Secretary of State has now issued Intention Notices in respect of a total of six HELMS cases. These are subject to representations from relevant persons prior to a final decision. Progress is being made on the remaining appeals and we expect a growing number of Notices to be issued in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Months outstanding</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of appeals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 or under</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Longer than 12 months</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/05/2019 16:02:13 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1121837

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Housing: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many additional insulation measures a week are required to achieve the National Infrastructure Commission’s recommendation of increasing the rate of insulation measures installed in UK homes to 21,000 a week by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	245865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>ECO delivered approximately 2,800 insulation measures a week in 2018, but insulation is also delivered outside of ECO. We do not have data for those measures. A further 18,200 insulation measures a week would be required to reach 21,000 per week, when compared to insulation delivered under ECO during 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Our view is that a range of measures are needed alongside ECO to drive an increase in deployment of energy efficiency. In the Clean Growth Strategy we set out our aspiration to improve all homes to EPC Band C by 2035, where cost effective, affordable and practical. Alongside the Clean Growth Strategy we called for evidence on Building a Market for Energy Efficiency, which sought evidence on the range of measures required to shape the market for the future in line with the aspiration.</p><p> </p><p>Other insulation measures are expected to be delivered under the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards Regulations, which require private rented properties in England and Wales to have an EPC rating of at least an E before they can be let. Where a landlord needs to improve an EPC F or G property to meet the standard, their costs are capped at £3,500.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/05/2019 16:06:30 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1121838

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a low interest loan scheme for home owners to help make homes low carbon and energy efficient similar to the scheme introduced by the German Government.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	245866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The Clean Growth Strategy set out our aspiration that as many homes as possible will be upgraded to an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) Band C by 2035, where practical, cost-effective and affordable. BEIS estimate that the total investment cost of meeting this aspiration is in the order of £35-65 billion (undiscounted), with the actual cost dependent on a range of factors including the technology mix used in particular properties.</p><p> </p><p>Further innovation in home energy efficiency measures could lead to cost reductions which reduce these estimates significantly. A key component of the Buildings Mission announced last year, is to halve the cost of retrofitting existing homes to a similar standard of new homes. We recently approved a £10 million innovation project for whole house retrofit, to demonstrate a cost reduction trajectory through retrofitting similar properties at scale.</p><p> </p><p>Improving the energy efficiency of our homes reduces the overall energy system costs of heat decarbonisation. The level of additional energy efficiency required is dependent on the heat decarbonisation scenario.</p><p> </p><p>Given the scale of investment required, financing these improvements will require funding from both public and private sources. In the Clean Growth Strategy, we committed to extend support for home energy efficiency improvements to 2028 at least at current levels of support through the Energy Company Obligation. This is equivalent to around £6 billion of investment. Additional investment in cost-effective energy efficiency measures will be needed from private sources, including owner occupiers, social landlords and private landlords. For example, landlords of the worst performing properties are already required to invest up to £3500 in improving their homes to a minimum EPC Band E before they let their property, where no third party funding is available.</p><p> </p><p>Different parts of the UK have taken different approaches, reflecting the devolved nature of energy efficiency policy. In Scotland, for instance, zero interest loans are available to homeowners for energy efficiency improvements as well as equity loans where interest is repaid on sale of the property.</p><p> </p><p>In other EU countries a range of approaches have been taken to support home energy efficiency improvements. These include low and zero interest loans, mortgage incentives, capital subsidies, tax credits and reduced VAT on the installation of energy efficiency measures. We are always looking to learn from international experience in developing policies which are right for the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Given the importance of low cost financing, our Call for Evidence on Building a Market for Energy Efficiency sought evidence on different ways of financing energy efficiency, and other fiscal incentives. Different approaches will be appropriate for different consumer groups and tenure types and there is no one size fits all approach. We are currently analysing responses to this.</p><p> </p><p>Financing these improvements presents real opportunities for green finance innovation, for example around green mortgage products or green bonds. The UK’s first ever Green Finance Strategy will also be published in the summer. This strategy will build on the recommendations of the Green Finance Taskforce report: Accelerating Green Finance and will set out the steps required to attract the investment we need into our clean economy, including around financing residential energy efficiency.</p><p> </p><p>We will set out further details on how we will catalyse the market for energy efficiency later in the year and stimulate the required investment. This will take account of responses to our Call for Evidence alongside recommendations from the National Infrastructure Commission, and Committee on Climate Change.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 245868 245869 245876 245878 245879 245881 245882 question first answered 01/05/2019 16:06:56 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1121841

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy Performance Certificates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the amount of funding required to achieve the Government’s target of all homes being rated EPC band C by 2035.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	245868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The Clean Growth Strategy set out our aspiration that as many homes as possible will be upgraded to an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) Band C by 2035, where practical, cost-effective and affordable. BEIS estimate that the total investment cost of meeting this aspiration is in the order of £35-65 billion (undiscounted), with the actual cost dependent on a range of factors including the technology mix used in particular properties.</p><p> </p><p>Further innovation in home energy efficiency measures could lead to cost reductions which reduce these estimates significantly. A key component of the Buildings Mission announced last year, is to halve the cost of retrofitting existing homes to a similar standard of new homes. We recently approved a £10 million innovation project for whole house retrofit, to demonstrate a cost reduction trajectory through retrofitting similar properties at scale.</p><p> </p><p>Improving the energy efficiency of our homes reduces the overall energy system costs of heat decarbonisation. The level of additional energy efficiency required is dependent on the heat decarbonisation scenario.</p><p> </p><p>Given the scale of investment required, financing these improvements will require funding from both public and private sources. In the Clean Growth Strategy, we committed to extend support for home energy efficiency improvements to 2028 at least at current levels of support through the Energy Company Obligation. This is equivalent to around £6 billion of investment. Additional investment in cost-effective energy efficiency measures will be needed from private sources, including owner occupiers, social landlords and private landlords. For example, landlords of the worst performing properties are already required to invest up to £3500 in improving their homes to a minimum EPC Band E before they let their property, where no third party funding is available.</p><p> </p><p>Different parts of the UK have taken different approaches, reflecting the devolved nature of energy efficiency policy. In Scotland, for instance, zero interest loans are available to homeowners for energy efficiency improvements as well as equity loans where interest is repaid on sale of the property.</p><p> </p><p>In other EU countries a range of approaches have been taken to support home energy efficiency improvements. These include low and zero interest loans, mortgage incentives, capital subsidies, tax credits and reduced VAT on the installation of energy efficiency measures. We are always looking to learn from international experience in developing policies which are right for the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Given the importance of low cost financing, our Call for Evidence on Building a Market for Energy Efficiency sought evidence on different ways of financing energy efficiency, and other fiscal incentives. Different approaches will be appropriate for different consumer groups and tenure types and there is no one size fits all approach. We are currently analysing responses to this.</p><p> </p><p>Financing these improvements presents real opportunities for green finance innovation, for example around green mortgage products or green bonds. The UK’s first ever Green Finance Strategy will also be published in the summer. This strategy will build on the recommendations of the Green Finance Taskforce report: Accelerating Green Finance and will set out the steps required to attract the investment we need into our clean economy, including around financing residential energy efficiency.</p><p> </p><p>We will set out further details on how we will catalyse the market for energy efficiency later in the year and stimulate the required investment. This will take account of responses to our Call for Evidence alongside recommendations from the National Infrastructure Commission, and Committee on Climate Change.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 245866 245869 245876 245878 245879 245881 245882 question first answered 01/05/2019 16:06:56 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1121843

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy Performance Certificates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the cost to the public purse of heat decarbonisation of the UK not reaching the target of all homes to at least Energy Performance Certificate Band C by 2035.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	245869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The Clean Growth Strategy set out our aspiration that as many homes as possible will be upgraded to an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) Band C by 2035, where practical, cost-effective and affordable. BEIS estimate that the total investment cost of meeting this aspiration is in the order of £35-65 billion (undiscounted), with the actual cost dependent on a range of factors including the technology mix used in particular properties.</p><p> </p><p>Further innovation in home energy efficiency measures could lead to cost reductions which reduce these estimates significantly. A key component of the Buildings Mission announced last year, is to halve the cost of retrofitting existing homes to a similar standard of new homes. We recently approved a £10 million innovation project for whole house retrofit, to demonstrate a cost reduction trajectory through retrofitting similar properties at scale.</p><p> </p><p>Improving the energy efficiency of our homes reduces the overall energy system costs of heat decarbonisation. The level of additional energy efficiency required is dependent on the heat decarbonisation scenario.</p><p> </p><p>Given the scale of investment required, financing these improvements will require funding from both public and private sources. In the Clean Growth Strategy, we committed to extend support for home energy efficiency improvements to 2028 at least at current levels of support through the Energy Company Obligation. This is equivalent to around £6 billion of investment. Additional investment in cost-effective energy efficiency measures will be needed from private sources, including owner occupiers, social landlords and private landlords. For example, landlords of the worst performing properties are already required to invest up to £3500 in improving their homes to a minimum EPC Band E before they let their property, where no third party funding is available.</p><p> </p><p>Different parts of the UK have taken different approaches, reflecting the devolved nature of energy efficiency policy. In Scotland, for instance, zero interest loans are available to homeowners for energy efficiency improvements as well as equity loans where interest is repaid on sale of the property.</p><p> </p><p>In other EU countries a range of approaches have been taken to support home energy efficiency improvements. These include low and zero interest loans, mortgage incentives, capital subsidies, tax credits and reduced VAT on the installation of energy efficiency measures. We are always looking to learn from international experience in developing policies which are right for the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Given the importance of low cost financing, our Call for Evidence on Building a Market for Energy Efficiency sought evidence on different ways of financing energy efficiency, and other fiscal incentives. Different approaches will be appropriate for different consumer groups and tenure types and there is no one size fits all approach. We are currently analysing responses to this.</p><p> </p><p>Financing these improvements presents real opportunities for green finance innovation, for example around green mortgage products or green bonds. The UK’s first ever Green Finance Strategy will also be published in the summer. This strategy will build on the recommendations of the Green Finance Taskforce report: Accelerating Green Finance and will set out the steps required to attract the investment we need into our clean economy, including around financing residential energy efficiency.</p><p> </p><p>We will set out further details on how we will catalyse the market for energy efficiency later in the year and stimulate the required investment. This will take account of responses to our Call for Evidence alongside recommendations from the National Infrastructure Commission, and Committee on Climate Change.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 245866 245868 245876 245878 245879 245881 245882 question first answered 01/05/2019 16:06:56 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1121846

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy: Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the role of energy efficiency in reducing the gap in the fourth and fifth carbon budgets; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	245870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>Energy efficiency has an important role to play in meeting our future carbon budgets.</p><p> </p><p>For businesses we have set out our ambition to enable business consumers to reduce their energy usage by improving energy efficiency by at least 20% by 2030, potentially reducing carbon emissions by 22MtCO2e over the fifth Carbon Budget and saving billions of pounds through reduced energy costs.</p><p> </p><p>We are undertaking a range of measures to deliver this, including developing a long-term trajectory for improving the energy performance of non-domestic privately rented buildings, with a consultation due in 2019 and consulting on a new energy efficiency scheme for small and medium sized enterprises. We have committed to improve industrial energy efficiency, including through a £315 million Industrial Energy Transformation Fund. In addition, we have put in place a range of ambitious measures to drive improved energy efficiency across the public sector.</p><p> </p><p>For our homes, we have set an ambition for as many homes as possible to reach EPC Band C by 2035, and for all fuel poor homes to reach this standard by 2030, so far as reasonably practicable. We have also announced our Buildings Mission to halve the energy use of all new builds by 2030 and halve the cost of retrofitting existing buildings to a similar standard. This is supported by £170 Transforming Construction programme, matched by £250 million from industry, and by the recently announced Future Homes Standard, which will mean new build homes are future-proofed with low carbon heating and world leading levels of energy efficiency.</p><p> </p><p>This builds on a range of wider policy, including our commitment to extend support for home energy efficiency out to 2028 at least at the level of the current Energy Company Obligation (£640m per year) and the minimum energy efficiency standards we have introduced to ensure that privately rented homes cannot be let from April 2018 if they are below an EPC Band E.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/05/2019 16:07:21 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1121852

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Housing: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Written Statement of 13 March 2019, Spring Statement 2019, HCWS 1407, which Government department will (a) lead on the Future Homes Standard and (b) be responsible for coordination of UK energy efficiency policy for homes and buildings.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	245875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The Future Homes Standard will be delivered through Part L of the Building Regulations, led by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The Standard supports delivery of the Industrial Strategy Clean Growth mission to halve energy use in new buildings, and is led by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). BEIS is responsible for a range of energy efficiency policies for existing buildings, including:</p><p> </p><p>- The Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme, which is focused on supporting low income and vulnerable households. Since ECO launched it has delivered energy efficiency measures to 2 million homes, such as loft or wall insulation and heating measures, and provides £640m of support per year.</p><p> </p><p>- Strengthened energy efficiency regulations for the domestic private rented sector in England and Wales, which came into force on 1 April 2019. These regulations require landlords of privately rented homes with an energy efficiency rating of Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating F or G to improve them to a minimum of EPC E before letting the property on a new tenancy, or by 1 April 2020, whichever comes soonest, and to contribute up to £3,500 to the cost of doing so.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/05/2019 16:07:33 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1121853

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Housing: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the recommendation on retrofitting the UK’s 29 million existing homes as an infrastructure priority by the Committee on Climate Change in its Report entitled, UK-Housing-Fit for the Future? published on 21 February 2019.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	245876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The Clean Growth Strategy set out our aspiration that as many homes as possible will be upgraded to an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) Band C by 2035, where practical, cost-effective and affordable. BEIS estimate that the total investment cost of meeting this aspiration is in the order of £35-65 billion (undiscounted), with the actual cost dependent on a range of factors including the technology mix used in particular properties.</p><p> </p><p>Further innovation in home energy efficiency measures could lead to cost reductions which reduce these estimates significantly. A key component of the Buildings Mission announced last year, is to halve the cost of retrofitting existing homes to a similar standard of new homes. We recently approved a £10 million innovation project for whole house retrofit, to demonstrate a cost reduction trajectory through retrofitting similar properties at scale.</p><p> </p><p>Improving the energy efficiency of our homes reduces the overall energy system costs of heat decarbonisation. The level of additional energy efficiency required is dependent on the heat decarbonisation scenario.</p><p> </p><p>Given the scale of investment required, financing these improvements will require funding from both public and private sources. In the Clean Growth Strategy, we committed to extend support for home energy efficiency improvements to 2028 at least at current levels of support through the Energy Company Obligation. This is equivalent to around £6 billion of investment. Additional investment in cost-effective energy efficiency measures will be needed from private sources, including owner occupiers, social landlords and private landlords. For example, landlords of the worst performing properties are already required to invest up to £3500 in improving their homes to a minimum EPC Band E before they let their property, where no third party funding is available.</p><p> </p><p>Different parts of the UK have taken different approaches, reflecting the devolved nature of energy efficiency policy. In Scotland, for instance, zero interest loans are available to homeowners for energy efficiency improvements as well as equity loans where interest is repaid on sale of the property.</p><p> </p><p>In other EU countries a range of approaches have been taken to support home energy efficiency improvements. These include low and zero interest loans, mortgage incentives, capital subsidies, tax credits and reduced VAT on the installation of energy efficiency measures. We are always looking to learn from international experience in developing policies which are right for the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Given the importance of low cost financing, our Call for Evidence on Building a Market for Energy Efficiency sought evidence on different ways of financing energy efficiency, and other fiscal incentives. Different approaches will be appropriate for different consumer groups and tenure types and there is no one size fits all approach. We are currently analysing responses to this.</p><p> </p><p>Financing these improvements presents real opportunities for green finance innovation, for example around green mortgage products or green bonds. The UK’s first ever Green Finance Strategy will also be published in the summer. This strategy will build on the recommendations of the Green Finance Taskforce report: Accelerating Green Finance and will set out the steps required to attract the investment we need into our clean economy, including around financing residential energy efficiency.</p><p> </p><p>We will set out further details on how we will catalyse the market for energy efficiency later in the year and stimulate the required investment. This will take account of responses to our Call for Evidence alongside recommendations from the National Infrastructure Commission, and Committee on Climate Change.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 245866 245868 245869 245878 245879 245881 245882 question first answered 01/05/2019 16:06:57 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1121856

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Housing: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to key message five of the report entitled, UK Housing - Fit for the Future? published by the Committee on Climate Change on 21 February 2019, what steps he is taking to tackle the urgent funding needs required to help insulate homes and buildings.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	245878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The Clean Growth Strategy set out our aspiration that as many homes as possible will be upgraded to an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) Band C by 2035, where practical, cost-effective and affordable. BEIS estimate that the total investment cost of meeting this aspiration is in the order of £35-65 billion (undiscounted), with the actual cost dependent on a range of factors including the technology mix used in particular properties.</p><p> </p><p>Further innovation in home energy efficiency measures could lead to cost reductions which reduce these estimates significantly. A key component of the Buildings Mission announced last year, is to halve the cost of retrofitting existing homes to a similar standard of new homes. We recently approved a £10 million innovation project for whole house retrofit, to demonstrate a cost reduction trajectory through retrofitting similar properties at scale.</p><p> </p><p>Improving the energy efficiency of our homes reduces the overall energy system costs of heat decarbonisation. The level of additional energy efficiency required is dependent on the heat decarbonisation scenario.</p><p> </p><p>Given the scale of investment required, financing these improvements will require funding from both public and private sources. In the Clean Growth Strategy, we committed to extend support for home energy efficiency improvements to 2028 at least at current levels of support through the Energy Company Obligation. This is equivalent to around £6 billion of investment. Additional investment in cost-effective energy efficiency measures will be needed from private sources, including owner occupiers, social landlords and private landlords. For example, landlords of the worst performing properties are already required to invest up to £3500 in improving their homes to a minimum EPC Band E before they let their property, where no third party funding is available.</p><p> </p><p>Different parts of the UK have taken different approaches, reflecting the devolved nature of energy efficiency policy. In Scotland, for instance, zero interest loans are available to homeowners for energy efficiency improvements as well as equity loans where interest is repaid on sale of the property.</p><p> </p><p>In other EU countries a range of approaches have been taken to support home energy efficiency improvements. These include low and zero interest loans, mortgage incentives, capital subsidies, tax credits and reduced VAT on the installation of energy efficiency measures. We are always looking to learn from international experience in developing policies which are right for the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Given the importance of low cost financing, our Call for Evidence on Building a Market for Energy Efficiency sought evidence on different ways of financing energy efficiency, and other fiscal incentives. Different approaches will be appropriate for different consumer groups and tenure types and there is no one size fits all approach. We are currently analysing responses to this.</p><p> </p><p>Financing these improvements presents real opportunities for green finance innovation, for example around green mortgage products or green bonds. The UK’s first ever Green Finance Strategy will also be published in the summer. This strategy will build on the recommendations of the Green Finance Taskforce report: Accelerating Green Finance and will set out the steps required to attract the investment we need into our clean economy, including around financing residential energy efficiency.</p><p> </p><p>We will set out further details on how we will catalyse the market for energy efficiency later in the year and stimulate the required investment. This will take account of responses to our Call for Evidence alongside recommendations from the National Infrastructure Commission, and Committee on Climate Change.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 245866 245868 245869 245876 245879 245881 245882 question first answered 01/05/2019 16:06:57 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1121857

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Housing: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to key message five of the report entitled, UK Housing - Fit for the Future? published by the Committee on Climate Change on 21 February 2019, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing proposals for (a) a green buildings passport, (b) green mortgages, (c) green loans and (d) other fiscal incentives.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	245879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The Clean Growth Strategy set out our aspiration that as many homes as possible will be upgraded to an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) Band C by 2035, where practical, cost-effective and affordable. BEIS estimate that the total investment cost of meeting this aspiration is in the order of £35-65 billion (undiscounted), with the actual cost dependent on a range of factors including the technology mix used in particular properties.</p><p> </p><p>Further innovation in home energy efficiency measures could lead to cost reductions which reduce these estimates significantly. A key component of the Buildings Mission announced last year, is to halve the cost of retrofitting existing homes to a similar standard of new homes. We recently approved a £10 million innovation project for whole house retrofit, to demonstrate a cost reduction trajectory through retrofitting similar properties at scale.</p><p> </p><p>Improving the energy efficiency of our homes reduces the overall energy system costs of heat decarbonisation. The level of additional energy efficiency required is dependent on the heat decarbonisation scenario.</p><p> </p><p>Given the scale of investment required, financing these improvements will require funding from both public and private sources. In the Clean Growth Strategy, we committed to extend support for home energy efficiency improvements to 2028 at least at current levels of support through the Energy Company Obligation. This is equivalent to around £6 billion of investment. Additional investment in cost-effective energy efficiency measures will be needed from private sources, including owner occupiers, social landlords and private landlords. For example, landlords of the worst performing properties are already required to invest up to £3500 in improving their homes to a minimum EPC Band E before they let their property, where no third party funding is available.</p><p> </p><p>Different parts of the UK have taken different approaches, reflecting the devolved nature of energy efficiency policy. In Scotland, for instance, zero interest loans are available to homeowners for energy efficiency improvements as well as equity loans where interest is repaid on sale of the property.</p><p> </p><p>In other EU countries a range of approaches have been taken to support home energy efficiency improvements. These include low and zero interest loans, mortgage incentives, capital subsidies, tax credits and reduced VAT on the installation of energy efficiency measures. We are always looking to learn from international experience in developing policies which are right for the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Given the importance of low cost financing, our Call for Evidence on Building a Market for Energy Efficiency sought evidence on different ways of financing energy efficiency, and other fiscal incentives. Different approaches will be appropriate for different consumer groups and tenure types and there is no one size fits all approach. We are currently analysing responses to this.</p><p> </p><p>Financing these improvements presents real opportunities for green finance innovation, for example around green mortgage products or green bonds. The UK’s first ever Green Finance Strategy will also be published in the summer. This strategy will build on the recommendations of the Green Finance Taskforce report: Accelerating Green Finance and will set out the steps required to attract the investment we need into our clean economy, including around financing residential energy efficiency.</p><p> </p><p>We will set out further details on how we will catalyse the market for energy efficiency later in the year and stimulate the required investment. This will take account of responses to our Call for Evidence alongside recommendations from the National Infrastructure Commission, and Committee on Climate Change.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 245866 245868 245869 245876 245878 245881 245882 question first answered 01/05/2019 16:06:57 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown