Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential for the heat network sector to drive economic growth and job creation.

We set out our long-term strategy for heat networks in the Warm Homes Plan, including our target for heat networks to supply 7% of heat demand by 2035, on a path towards meeting a fifth of demand by 2050. We estimate that delivering this ambition will result in 18,000 jobs supported in 2030, and attract £60 billion of investment in the UK by 2050.