Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress his Department has made on reducing energy consumption by 15 per cent by 2030.

Since the announcement of the 15% ambition last Autumn, the Government has introduced policies delivering reductions in energy demand by 2030, including the forthcoming Great British Insulation Scheme and the latest phases of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund and Home Upgrade Grant.

The Government established the Energy Efficiency Taskforce to devise a workplan to help reduce total UK energy demand by 15% from 2021 levels by 2030 across domestic and commercial buildings and industrial processes. The Taskforce aims to publish its plan later this year.