Question follow-through · 46570

Warm Homes Plan: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to take steps to support the scale-up of low-carbon heat networks in the Warm Homes Plan; and what recent discussions he has had with Ofgem on the effectiveness o

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
17 Apr 2025
Target answer date
23 Apr 2025
Answer
29 Apr 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to take steps to support the scale-up of low-carbon heat networks in the Warm Homes Plan; and what recent discussions he has had with Ofgem on the effectiveness o

  2. 23 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The forthcoming Warm Homes Plan will set out the Government’s vision for upgrading and decarbonising buildings so that they are fit for the future, including through heat networks. In January 2026, Ofgem will assume its role as heat network market regulat...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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