Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much and what proportion of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero's capital departmental expenditure will be allocated to energy efficiency measures.

At the 2023 Budget, HM Treasury published indicative Capital Department Expenditure Limit budgets for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, which will be confirmed at Main Estimates 2023-24. These indicative budgets are £5.9 billion in 2023-24 and £8.2 billion in 2024-25.

The Department’s current plans include investments of over £1.3 billion in 2023-24 and £1.5 billion in 2024-25 into measures supporting energy efficiency, including the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund and Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme.