Question follow-through · 53144
Energy Company Obligation: Cost Effectiveness
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the value for money of the Energy Company Obligation scheme.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 19 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 May 2025
- Answer
- 28 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
19 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the value for money of the Energy Company Obligation scheme.
21 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 May 2025
Answer published
The Energy Company Obligation (ECO) requires energy suppliers to fund energy efficiency and heating upgrades in eligible homes, with costs recovered through consumer bills. Since 2013, 4.2 million measures have been installed in 2.5 million homes. ECO4’s ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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