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Select committee: Environmental Audit Committee

First Special Report - Energy efficiency of existing homes: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report of Session 2019–21

Published 13 May 2021

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The government's response

This document responds to Fourth Report - Energy Efficiency of Existing Homes.

This is the government's response, published 13 May 2021.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government sets out a broad programme on home energy efficiency, agrees with parts of the Committee's analysis, but did not extend the Green Homes Grant voucher scheme.

  • On the voucher scheme, the government did not adopt the recommendation to extend it: it judged it "more beneficial overall to close the voucher portion" and to "reform and expand" the Local Authority Delivery element, citing the need to protect the taxpayer.
  • It holds to its aspiration for "as many homes as possible" to reach EPC band C by 2035, "where practical, cost-effective and affordable", and plans to publish a Heat and Buildings Strategy "shortly".
  • It says it will consult in 2021 on regulatory options to improve the energy performance of owner-occupied homes.
  • On Stamp Duty rebates for energy efficient homes, the government says trials "are not under active consideration at this time"; it also does not propose lower VAT rates, citing pressure on public finances.

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