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62nd Report - Faulty energy efficiency installations

Public Accounts Committee HC 1229 Published 23 January 2026
Report Status
Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations
39 items (19 recs)
Government Response
AI assessment · 37 of 39 classified
Accepted 9
Accepted in Part 2
Acknowledged 1
Deferred 3
Not Addressed 12
Rejected 10
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Conclusions (3)

Observations and findings
37 Conclusion Deferred
Written evidence from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, AgilityEco and the Green Homes Group told us how the failures with ECO are undermining public confidence in retrofits, potentially with negative impacts on our ability to reduce both fuel poverty and carbon emissions.88 The Department …
Government Response Summary
The government refers to its response to recommendation 2, highlighting the 'find-and-fix' programme and the letter to the Committee dated 6 February 2026 addressing recommendation 3, stating that their approach of holding the system to account will continue after the ECO4 scheme has ended.
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38 Conclusion Deferred
We pressed the Department on a key outstanding design flaw: retrofit assessors (who provide information about a home’s energy performance) and retrofit coordinators (who manage the project and should check the retrofit is completed to the correct standards) can be appointed and contracted by the installer they are assessing.93 The …
Government Response Summary
The government refers to its response to recommendation 2, highlighting the 'find-and-fix' programme and the letter to the Committee dated 6 February 2026 addressing recommendation 3, stating that their approach of holding the system to account will continue after the ECO4 scheme has ended.
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39 Conclusion Deferred
Ultimately, the Department made its position very clear. It told us there were “serious failings at every level of the system that are systemic” and that it intends to reform the system to better protect consumers.97 Since we took evidence in November 2025, the government announced that it would end …
Government Response Summary
The government refers to its response to recommendation 2, highlighting the 'find-and-fix' programme and the letter to the Committee dated 6 February 2026 addressing recommendation 3, stating that their approach of holding the system to account will continue after the ECO4 scheme has ended.
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