Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take to support the scale up of heat pump installations to achieve the 2028 target of 600,000 per year.

The Government is bringing forward a wide-ranging package of policies to support the development of the heat pump market towards our ambition for 600,000 installations per year by 2028.

This package includes targeted regulations such as the Future Homes Standard from 2025, which will ensure that new homes are built zero carbon-ready without the need for costly retrofitting; our commitment to phase out the installation of high-carbon fossil-fuel heating off the gas grid; and market-based measures which will put industry at the heart of efforts to develop the UK heat pump market.

We are also supporting the installation of heat pumps through planned funding schemes, such as the Clean Heat Grant and, taking action alongside industry on a range of other enablers for the growth of the heat pump market, including on installer skills and training, energy network upgrades, and the development of the green finance market.

Our forthcoming Heat and Buildings Strategy and a number of policy consultations alongside it will set out further detail on key parts of this policy package.