Question follow-through · 19576
Heating: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing equal incentives for homeowners to install (a) heat batteries and (b) other low-emission heat sources.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 11 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 16 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 20 Dec 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Warm Homes Plan: Carbon Emissions · 17 Apr 2025
- Energy Performance Certificates: Industry · 17 Apr 2025
- Heat Networks: Regulation · 14 May 2025
- Renewable Energy: National Grid · 15 May 2025
- Renewable Energy · 4 Jun 2025
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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
11 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing equal incentives for homeowners to install (a) heat batteries and (b) other low-emission heat sources.
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Dec 2024
Answer published
Heat batteries are a promising technology because they utilise time-of-use tariffs, do not require outside space, and can be cheaper to install than heat pumps in some circumstances. However, they are less efficient than heat pumps and will therefore use ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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