Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what financial assistance his Department is providing to households with no central heating to upgrade their old electric heating systems to new technologies such as modern high heat retention storage heaters.

Decarbonising heating in Scotland is largely devolved, allowing the Scottish Government to set its own policies and support schemes. Scottish households can access support through the Home Energy Scotland Grant and Loan scheme, including grants to replace old electric heaters with high heat retention storage heaters.

The Department has also consulted on alternative clean heating solutions, such as thermal energy storage, for properties across the UK that are unsuitable for heat pumps or heat networks. This sought evidence on costs and barriers to uptake. We are now considering responses and will publish our findings in due course.