Question follow-through · 101698
Heat Pumps and Solar Power: Energy Company Obligation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of ending the ECO scheme on the number of MCS-registered heat pump and solar installations.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 18 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 9 Jan 2026 · 22 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
18 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of ending the ECO scheme on the number of MCS-registered heat pump and solar installations.
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jan 2026
Answer published
ECO4 has played a part in delivering clean heat technologies; however, issues identified by the NAO and PAC support a shift to a more direct, publicly-funded approach focused on technologies that cut bills and accelerate the transition to clean heat such ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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