Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to introduce a replacement for the Renewable Heat Incentive for when it ends in March 2021.

Funding for the Renewable Heat Incentive has been agreed out to 2021. Beyond this we intend to design and implement a clear framework through to the 2030s for domestic and non-domestic buildings off the gas grid, to:

o Reduce barriers to take-up of clean heating and cooling with reduced reliance on subsidy;

o Sustain a viable supply chain for clean heating beyond the RHI whilst not closing off options on the longer-term decarbonisation pathway.

From 19 March to 11 June we held a public Call for Evidence as a first step in developing this policy framework. The Department is now analysing the evidence received in response to this document and aims to publish a response to the Call for Evidence later in 2018.