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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the 600,000 heat pump target by 2028 on jobs in the British boiler industry.

In order to meet net zero, the UK needs to move away from fossil fuels for heating. The Government’s Heat and Buildings Strategy sets an ambition to phase out the installation of fossil fuel boilers by 2035.

The Government will consult on proposals for hydrogen-ready boilers to pave the way for a potential transition to hydrogen for heating, developing a supply chain and associated jobs.

Highly-efficient heat pumps are important to all strategic approaches to decarbonising heating. Growing heat pump deployment to 600,000 per year, which the Clean Heat Market Mechanism supports, is expected to support 30,000 jobs by 2028.