PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Heat Pumps: Rural Areas (20 February 2024)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to increase the uptake of heat pumps in rural homes.
Asked by:
Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat)
Asked by:
Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat)
Answer
£630 million of grant funding is available for successful local authorities to help them deliver Home Upgrade Grant phase 2 (HUG2) from April 2023 until March 2025. HUG2 ringfenced 60% of funding allocated for Local Authorities defined by DEFRA as ‘Largely Rural’, ‘Mainly Rural’ and ‘Urban with Significant Rural’ to transition to low carbon heating
Additionally, the £450 million Boiler Upgrade Scheme is available, including to owners of rural homes, with grants of up to £7,500 for both ground and air source heat pumps, with an extra £1.5 billion committed until 2028.
Answered by:
Amanda Solloway (Conservative)
23 February 2024
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