Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 190019
Heat Pumps: Rural Areas
Tabled: 19 June 2023
Answered: 27 June 2023
Question
Sir John Hayes
Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will make an assessment of the financial impact of switching to heat pumps on rural (a) households and (b) businesses.
Answer
Graham StuartIn late 2021 the Government consulted on proposals to phase out the installation of heating systems using high carbon fossil fuels in homes and non-domestic buildings off the gas grid in England during the 2020s. The impact assessments accompanying these consultations set out our estimates on the likely impacts to households and non-domestic buildings switching to clean heat under the measures proposed in the consultation.