Recommendations & Conclusions
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Recommendation
Thirty-Seventh Report - Decarbonising h…
Accepted in Part
While some organisations advocated a ‘fabric first’ approach, which involves improving the thermal performance of materials in a building prior to installing a heat pump, others suggested that it is not necessary, making it difficult for households to determine cost- effective measures. In their written evidence to us, the Energy …
Government response. Government agrees with the recommendation and is making specific improvements to its Heat Pump Home Suitability tool, including advice on insulation and energy efficiency measures, to help households determine cost-effective options.
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Recommendation
Thirty-Seventh Report - Decarbonising h…
Accepted in Part
In response to our question about how DESNZ ensured customers had access to proper information to make decisions about investment and running costs, the Department explained that it provided information through its online tools on heat pump suitability and retrofit options to make homes cheaper to heat, and a phone …
Government response. Government agrees with the recommendation and is making specific improvements to its Heat Pump Home Suitability tool to provide better information, while also stating broader improvements will be set out in the Warm Homes Plan.
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Recommendation
Thirty-Seventh Report - Decarbonising h…
Accepted in Part
We heard from DESNZ that a key challenge will be to retrain around 110,000 existing gas heating engineers to install heat pumps. Centrica, an energy company and low carbon heating installer, agreed that it was “vital” to focus on retraining as many engineers as possible to ensure that there are …
Government response. Government agrees with the recommendation and highlights existing training grants, updated apprenticeships, and the establishment of a new Office for Clean Energy Jobs, but defers decisions on future training incentives to the Spending Review 2025.
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Conclusion
Thirty-Seventh Report - Decarbonising h…
Accepted in Part
DESNZ does not have a single measure of the number of heat pump installations. Instead, it relies on data from a range of sources, including the number of heat pump 32 Q 21; DHH0008; DHH0010, Written evidence submitted by The Retrofit Academy, 29 April 2024; DHH0027, Written evidence submitted by …
Government response. The government commits to publishing quarterly data for retrofit installations using government funding. However, for new build and non-government funded installations, it is only investigating mechanisms to collect data and cannot yet commit to doing so.
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Conclusion
Thirty-Seventh Report - Decarbonising h…
Accepted in Part
DESNZ told us that it was looking to produce a more regular data series that it could publish by combining some of its data sources. It was also developing a dashboard that will show the number of heat pumps installed through each government scheme. The NAO found that regular monitoring …
Government response. The government agrees to publish quarterly data for retrofit installations funded by the government by Winter 2024. However, it is still investigating methods to collect and publish data for new build and non-government funded installations, unable to commit until a …
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