Question follow-through · 52655
Thermal Energy Storage
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of classifying thermal storage heaters as energy saving materials.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 15 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 May 2025
- Answer
- 22 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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
15 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of classifying thermal storage heaters as energy saving materials.
19 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 May 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to improving the quality and sustainability of our housing stock. Installations of qualifying energy-saving materials (ESMs) in residential accommodation and buildings used solely for a charitable purpose benefit from a tempora...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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