Official Statistics

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

Published 25 July 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 2 (HUG 2) is actively reporting and has allocated £630 million for delivery between September 2023 and March 2025. HUG 2 is exclusively for off-gas-grid properties.

LAD Phases 1 and 2 previously received £500 million between them, installing 50,900 measures across 39,200 households. These schemes ran between 2020-2022.

LAD Phase 3 made £287 million of funding available for Local Authorities. HUG 1 allocated £220 million, exclusively for homes that are off the gas grid. Both schemes ran from 2022-2023.

1. Delivery by Scheme as of July 2024 Statistics Release

Scheme	Years Active	Homes Upgraded	Measures Installed	Scheme status
LAD Phase 1	2020 - 2022	18,600	23,800	Closed
LAD Phase 2	2021 - 2022	20,500	27,000	Closed
LAD Phase 3	2022 - 2023	19,500	27,000	Closed
HUG Phase 1	2022 - 2023	4,000	6,400	Closed
HUG Phase 2	2023 - 2025	2,200	3,800	Ongoing

What you need to know about these statistics

The data contained in these statistics is based on returns submitted by mid-July 2024, covering measures delivered to the end of May 2024.

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

• This publication is based on returns submitted in mid-July, covering measures installed to the end of May 2024, with preliminary June data included for completeness. HUG 2 has installed around 3,800 measures across 2,200 households to date, including some initial data for June. There were 590 measures installed and 350 upgraded households reported in May.
• The LAD 3 scheme delivered 27,000 measures across 19,500 households, with 6,400 measures installed across 4,000 households through the HUG 1 scheme.
• Across all schemes (LAD 1, LAD 2, LAD 3, HUG 1, and HUG 2) there were 88,000 measures installed in 64,900 households, based on data reported to the end of May 2024.
• 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 EPC C or higher.
• 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 HUG 2

The data used in this chart can be found in Table 3 of the accompanying tables.

Homes upgraded by month

• HUG 2 received notice of 350 homes upgraded in May compared to 320 homes in April and 380 homes in March. There was a similar pattern in measures installed, with 590 installations reported in May, compared to 570 installations in April and 740 in March. In total, HUG 2 has delivered 3,800 measures across 2,200 households, including preliminary data for June.
• Figure 2 shows the monthly number of homes upgraded across all phases of LAD and HUG: all LAD phases show the same pattern of starting slowly (hundreds of homes a month), before ramping up to upgrade several thousand homes per month. HUG 1 followed a similar pattern, but peaked at around 700 homes upgraded per month. HUG 2 has so far peaked at around 350 homes upgraded per month. LAD 1 and 2 had a small number of homes upgraded after the official scheme ended in September 2022, which are not shown in the figure.

Figure 2: Number of Homes Upgraded by Month

The data used in this chart can be found in Table 3 of the accompanying tables.

Delivery by measure type

• Across HUG 2, solar PV was the most common type of measure, accounting for 36% of HUG 2 installations. Insulation accounted for around 30% of HUG 2 measures followed by Low Carbon Heat (25%) as shown in Figure 3. Other heat includes all non Air Source Heat Pump (ASHP) forms of low carbon heating. Other includes all other measures not explicitly listed.
• 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 installed, accounting for 38% of LAD 3 and 27% of HUG 1 installations.

Figure 3: Type of Measures Installed in HUG 2

The data used in this chart can be found in Table 1.5 of the accompanying tables.

Delivery by region

• The South East region has the most homes upgraded through HUG 2 (30% of total HUG 2 measures), with the East (26%) and North West (21%) also containing a significant number of homes upgraded. The South West (11%) and Yorkshire & Humber (9%) had smaller numbers of homes upgraded. No other region received more than 2% of HUG 2 homes upgraded. Please note the regions have significantly different populations and participating grant recipients.

Annex: Further Information

Next publication date

The next publication will be at 09:30am on Thursday 29th August 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 online. 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

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