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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to amend the Boiler Upgrade Scheme to include a subsidy of £5,000 towards the cost of a heat pump for households that retain a gas boiler where that is required by the planning authority due to (a) noise restrictions on heat pumps and (b) other legal restrictions.

The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) is a voluntary scheme to support households’ transition away from fossil fuel heating. The Government believes the funding available under this policy should be directed towards technologies that achieve this, rather than those which would continue to involve the burning of fossil fuels. As a result, the BUS does not currently provide funding for households that retain a gas boiler.