Source · Select Committees · Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
Recommendation 10
10
Accepted
Publish Warm Homes Plan demonstrating career focus, tailored messaging, and training support.
Recommendation
The Warm Homes Plan is crucial for retrofit workforce planning and should be published as soon as possible. It must set out a clear framework of responsibilities to ensure joined-up delivery. It should demonstrate the Government is putting good quality, well-paid careers, rather than just jobs, at the heart of its workforce planning. It should also demonstrate the Government is tailoring its messaging around roles in retrofit to reflect the various cohorts and motivations involved. Clear indications of levels of support for training routes should be included. (Recommendation, Paragraph 53)
Government Response Summary
The government agrees and says that the Warm Homes Plan was published on 21 January 2026 outlining investment to upgrade homes and lift families out of fuel poverty, with policies and initiatives to deliver growth and good jobs, and a taskforce with the TUC to create a skilled workforce.
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
The government agrees with this recommendation. The Warm Homes Plan was published on 21 January 2026 outlining how the government will deliver £15 billion of public investment to upgrade up to 5 million homes and lift up to a million families out of fuel poverty by 2030. The plan includes grants and loans to make it easier than ever for homeowners to install heat pumps, solar panels and batteries; direct support for home upgrades for those on low incomes and in fuel poverty; and new rules to ensure landlords invest in upgrades to cut bills for renters and social tenants. In addition, the Plan outlines policies and initiatives to deliver growth to our economy, good jobs for our communities, and opportunities for innovation. Over time, the Warm Homes Plan is projected to increase the number of jobs supported in energy efficiency and clean heating from 60,000 in 2023, to up to 240,000 in 2030. These jobs will be spread across the whole of the UK and cover a range of retrofit and manufacturing professions – from heat pump, insulation, solar PV and battery installers, to retrofit coordinators, to low- carbon and energy efficiency manufacturers. To support this aim, DESNZ has set up a taskforce in partnership with the TUC, to facilitate the creation and growth of a diverse, skilled and resilient workforce to meet the demand generated by these initiatives. The Taskforce will help workers transition to new, high-quality low-carbon jobs, ensuring that no one is left behind and that the UK can fully harness this opportunity. Its objective, working alongside other government missions and initiatives, is to create good, well-paid roles in the low-carbon heating and home upgrade sectors to deliver on our ambition of upgrading up to 5 million homes by 2030. The taskforce will concentrate on aligning regional skills and jobs supply with the demand for home upgrades, and it will work to build a robust and flexible talent pipeline – made up of multi-skilled workers and jobseekers – through the national skills system and standards.