Official Statistics

Summary of the Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery (LAD) and Home Upgrade Grant (HUG) statistics: February 2024

Published 22 February 2024

Applies to England

Introduction

The Home Upgrade Grant (HUG) and Local Authority Delivery scheme (LAD) are government schemes supporting energy efficiency upgrades of low-energy efficiency (EPC of D or lower) low-income (household income below £30k) households across England.

HUG Phase 1 (HUG 1), HUG Phase 2 (HUG 2) and LAD Phase 3 (LAD 3) are actively reporting: HUG 1 and LAD 3 started in January 2022, and formally closed in September 2023, with a small number of extensions granted to December 2023.

LAD 3 has made £287 million of funding available for local authorities. HUG 1 has allocated £220 million, exclusively for homes that are off the gas grid. HUG 2 has allocated £630 million for delivery between September 2023 and March 2025. Again HUG 2 is exclusively for off-gas-grid properties.

LAD Phases 1 and 2 previously received £500 million between them, installing 47,600 measures across 39,000 households. These schemes ran between 2020-2022.

What you need to know about these statistics

The data contained in the analysis is based on returns submitted by mid-January 2024, covering measure installations to the end of December 2023.

All figures in this publication are provisional and subject to revision. For more information, see the Department’s statistical revisions policy.

Key statistics

Total homes upgraded

• To the end of December 2023, the LAD 3 scheme delivered 27,000 measures across 19,700 households, with 6,400 measures installed across 4,100 households through the HUG 1 scheme. Across both schemes there were small upward revision of 270 measures (1%), and 280 homes (1%) compared to the January release
• a total of 23,800 households have been upgraded across LAD 3, HUG 1, and HUG 2 (Figure 1). The majority of upgrades (82%) were delivered by LAD 3, with a significant contribution (17%) from HUG 1, and a smaller contribution from HUG 2 (1%).  LAD 1 previously delivered 18,600 upgraded households, and LAD 2 delivered 20,500
• to the end of December 2023, HUG 2 installed 1,755 measures across 382 households
• the average Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) improved by 1 band for LAD 3 and HUG 1, based on the 93% of households that reported pre and post installation EPC scores
• there were 95% of households that reported post-installation EPC scores, of which 60% of LAD 3 and 40% of HUG 1 households were improved to an EPC of C or higher. HUG 1 homes tended to have a lower starting EPC, hence the lower fraction improved to higher EPCs
• LAD 1 and LAD 2 improved 55% and 60% of homes to EPC C or higher respectively

Figure 1: Total number of homes upgraded by scheme

Measure delivery by month

• LAD 3 and HUG 1 closed in September 2023. A small number of local authorities were granted extensions, delivering 1010 measures over the three months leading up to December
• Figure 2 shows the monthly delivery rates across all LAD phases and HUG: all LAD phases show the same pattern of starting slowly (hundreds of measures a month), before ramping up to deliver several thousand measures per month. HUG 1 followed a similar pattern, but peaked at a thousand measures a month. LAD 1 and 2 had a small number of measures installed after the official scheme ended in September 2022, which are not shown in the figure

Figure 2: Number of measures installed by month

Delivery by measure type

• Across LAD 3 and HUG 1, insulation measures were the most common type of measure, accounting for 49% of LAD 3, and 43% of HUG 1 installations. Solar PV was the most common single measure to be installed, accounting for 38% of LAD 3 and 28% of HUG 1 installations.

Figure 3: Type of measures installed by scheme

Delivery by region

• The North West region had the most measures installed through LAD 3 (18% of total LAD 3 measures), with the South East in second place (15%). The South East led HUG 1 installs with 18% followed by East of England with 17%. Please note the regions have significantly different populations
• as Figure 4 shows, LAD 3 has been largely split across 6 regions, with limited numbers of measures installed in the South West, North East and Yorkshire and the Humber

Figure 4: Proportion of LAD 3 and HUG 1 measures installed by English region

Annex: Further information

Next publication date

The next publication will be at 09:30am on Thursday 21 March 2024.

Scheme information

More information on the HUG and LAD schemes can be found on the Department’s website.

Accompanying tables

Tables showing number of measures installed and households upgraded under HUG and LAD are available. The tables also contain information on methodology and data quality.

Revisions policy

The Department’s statistical revisions policy sets out the revisions policy for these statistics, which has been developed in accordance with the UK Statistics Authority Code of Practice for Statistics.

User engagement

Users are encouraged to provide comments and feedback on how these statistics are used and how well they meet user needs. Comments on any issues relating to this statistical release are welcomed and should be sent to: EnergyEfficiency.Stats@energysecurity.gov.uk. The Department’s statement on statistical public engagement and data standards sets out the department’s commitments on public engagement and data standards as outlined by the Code of Practice for Statistics.

Pre-release access to statistics

Some ministers and officials receive access to these Official Statistics up to 24 hours before release. Details of the arrangements for doing this and a list of the ministers and officials that receive pre-release access to these statistics can be found in the Department’s statement of compliance with the Pre-Release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008.

Contact

Responsible statistician: Nick Dann

Email: EnergyEfficiency.Stats@energysecurity.gov.uk

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