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Heat Pumps

Asked by Margaret MullaneLabourDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 14 July 2025UIN 65090

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to incentivise the uptake of heat pumps.

Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh

The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) provides grants to property owners to enable them to transition away from fossil fuel to low carbon heating. The grant available under the scheme for air source heat pumps and ground source heat pumps is £7,500.

Support is also available to low-income households and social housing tenants under the Energy Company Obligation, Warm Homes: Local Grant, and Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund to install low-carbon heating measures, including heat pumps.

This is in addition to the 0% rate of VAT on the installation of heat pumps, which will last until March 2027.

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