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Fuel Oil: Rural Areas

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Question for Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

UIN 46332, tabled on 17 April 2025

Question

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter
Labour
Suffolk Coastal
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help people in rural communities who use oil to heat their homes to transition to low carbon heating systems.

Answer

Miatta Fahnbulleh
Labour
Peckham
Commons

Answered on

24 April 2025

The Warm Homes Plan will support investment in households, including oil-heated homes, to install energy efficiency measures and low carbon heating to save families money on their bills.

The Government has committed £3.4 billion over the next 3 years towards heat decarbonisation and energy efficiency. This includes the new Warm Homes: Local Grant, which will provide support for low-income households living in privately owned EPC band D-G homes, including in rural communities, in England.

We are taking steps to make heat pumps more efficient and easier to install which includes increasing funding for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme to £295 million for the 2025-26 financial year, removing outdated planning rules and consulting on product efficiency standards.

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