Recommendation 10

The Government must first act to increase the funding of schemes that are already in place and have a proven track record of effective delivery. The £1 billion of further funding that the Government has provided to the Energy Company Obligation scheme over the next three years is welcome, but it is not commensurate with the scale or urgency of the energy security challenge. With over six million households now in fuel poverty, action on energy efficiency needs to be ramped up urgently.