Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when his Department plans to respond to the consultations on phasing out new and replacement fossil fuel heating systems for off gas grid properties launched in October 2021 by the then Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; and what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Welsh Government on those consultations.

The Government is carefully considering the feedback received and will publish its responses to the consultations on phasing out fossil fuel heating systems for off gas grid homes, businesses and public buildings in due course. The consultations apply to England only as this is a devolved matter. However, Government officials have engaged with their counterparts in the Welsh Government when designing the policy.