Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the ECO4 scheme to 2028.

ECO4 is the current iteration of the Energy Company Obligation scheme which began in April 2022 and is scheduled to run until March 2026.

Last autumn, the Government announced a new national ambition to reduce the UK’s final energy consumption from buildings and industry by 15% by 2030 against 2021 levels. The Government has also announced £6 billion of additional funding for energy efficiency from 2025-2028.

The Government will implement the most suitable domestic energy efficiency policies to meet our net zero and fuel poverty commitments.