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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of private renter households who are eligible for retrofit grants under (a) Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery scheme, Phase 2 and (b) the ECO4 scheme, as of 22 September 2022.

a) Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery scheme, Phase 2:

According to the 2020 English Housing Survey (EHS), there were 4.47 million privately rented households in 2020. 35% (1.57 million) would have been eligible for LAD Phase 2, as they had an EPC rating of D or below and an income below £30,000.

(b) The ECO4 scheme:

ECO has been in place since January 2013 and has delivered around 3.5 million measures in 2.4 million homes. The ECO4 final stage Impact Assessment estimates around 430,000 private rented sector homes would be eligible for ECO4.