Question follow-through · 3724
Energy: Disability and Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to prioritise his Department's housing retrofit programme to target (a) older and (b) disabled people.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 4 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 10 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to prioritise his Department's housing retrofit programme to target (a) older and (b) disabled people.
4 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Sept 2024
Answer published
The Government's current energy efficiency schemes are targeted at consumers with low incomes and those in the least efficient households in the UK.Through the Warm Homes Plan, we will invest an extra £6.6 billion over the next five years in clean heat an...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Insulation: Housing
5 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how he determines schedules for insulating homes of pensioners.
Energy: Social Tariffs
5 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will hold discussions with energy producers on the potential merits of using profits to create an energy social tariff.
Fuel Poverty: Older People
5 Sept 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he (a) is having and (b) plans to have discussions with local authorities on steps that can be taken to ensure older people are able to (i) heat their homes and (ii) access other warm
Renewable Energy: Job Creation
26 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the number of jobs in the renewable energy sector.
Geothermal Power
18 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to optimise the capacity of deep geothermal projects.
Housing: Energy
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support is being provided to local authorities to retrofit existing housing stock to improve climate resilience, in the context of the Climate Change Committee’s Well Adapted UK report.
Energy: Housing Cooperatives
15 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will (a) review the tariff for energy for domestic properties which are part of housing cooperatives and (b) bring it into line with domestic property energy tariffs.
Energy: Housing Cooperatives
15 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how is he supporting housing cooperatives to have access to community energy schemes.