Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many training places were available on training courses for heating engineers to learn to install heat pumps in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.

Training providers are not required to report to Government when they offer heat pump training. Industry groups are confident there is enough training capacity to meet demand for heat pump upskilling as heat pump deployment increases to meet the target of 600,000 installations per year by 2028.

Since 2020, the Government has provided funding to support nearly 9,000 training opportunities for low carbon heating. In March 2023, the Government announced a further £5m Heat Training Grant to support training relevant to heat pumps and heat networks. This funding is expected to support 10,000 training opportunities up to 2025.