Source · Select Committees · Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
Recommendation 27
27
Accepted
Publish evaluation of funding schemes impacting skills supply in retrofit sector
Recommendation
The Government should commit immediately to at least maintaining its support for measures aimed at increasing demand for retrofit during this Parliament. It should also commit to carrying out and publishing an evaluation of the impact of its funding schemes directly addressing the supply of skills before the end of the Spending Review period. (Recommendation, Paragraph 99) 51
Government Response Summary
The government is investing £15 billion through the Warm Homes Plan to upgrade up to five million homes by 2030, and routinely carries out evaluation activities to measure the impact of departmental skills funding.
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
The government agrees with this recommendation The Warm Homes Plan will invest £15 billion to upgrade up to five million homes by 2030. This represents the biggest ever public investment to upgrade British homes and demonstrates our commitment to ramp up the delivery of retrofit during this Parliament. Through its delivery partners, the government routinely carries out evaluation activities to measure the impact of departmental skills funding on the supply of skills provision in England. We will continue to undertake these evaluation activities throughout the duration of the skills funding announced in the Warm Homes Plan.