Question follow-through · 111419
Energy Company Obligation: Unemployment
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help mitigate potential job losses in the energy efficiency sector and associated supply chains following plans to close the Energy Company Obligation scheme.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 6 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 11 Feb 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help mitigate potential job losses in the energy efficiency sector and associated supply chains following plans to close the Energy Company Obligation scheme.
11 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Feb 2026
Answer published
We recognise that for those within the ECO supply chain, the decision to close the scheme presents immediate challenges. In the Warm Homes Plan, we committed to supporting the workforce to access opportunities through the £15bn funding and through regulat...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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