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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to replace gas boilers in domestic properties with more renewable heating sources.

The Government is committed to decarbonising heating by 2050 and has set an aim to phase out the sale of new and replacement gas boilers by 2035.

As well as introducing a package of measures including the £450m Boiler Upgrade Scheme and £60m in heat pump innovation to increase deployment of heat pumps, the Government will be expanding heat networks through the Green Heat Networks Fund as well as zoning and assessing the feasibility, costs and benefits of using hydrogen for heating to inform a decision to be taken on the role of hydrogen for heating in 2026.