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 designate hydrogen-ready boilers as an eligible technology in the proposed market-based mechanism for low carbon heat.

The Government is working with industry, regulators and others to assess the feasibility, costs and benefits of 100% hydrogen for heat decarbonisation.

In the meantime, the Government has set out plans to consult on proposals to require that all new domestic gas boilers are hydrogen-ready from 2026.

The Clean Heat Market Mechanism would not be a suitable or necessary scheme to support the roll-out of hydrogen-ready boilers and the Government has set out that the scheme’s focus will be on supporting the development of the market for low-carbon heat pumps.