Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his policy on phasing out the installation of fossil fuel heating in homes off the gas grid on (a) house owners and (b) businesses.
The Government published impact assessments alongside the consultations entitled “Phasing out the installation of fossil fuel heating in homes off the gas grid” and “Phasing out the installation of fossil fuel heating systems in businesses and public buildings off the gas grid”, on the 19 October 2021. The Government will respond to those consultations and set out further details on our plans to decarbonise off grid properties in due course.