Official Statistics

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

Published 21 March 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 47,600 measures across 39,000 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.

What you need to know about these statistics

The data contained in the analysis is based on returns submitted by mid-February 2024, requesting data to the end of January 2024.

Please note that the number of measures delivered under HUG 2 has been revised downwards in this publication due to a processing error in a previous release.

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 requesting data to the end of January 2024, with HUG 2 installing 730 measures across 440 households, with 210 measures installed and 130 households upgraded in January.
• 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 8 measures (<1%), and 5 homes (<1%) compared to the February release.
• A total of 24,200 households have been upgraded across LAD 3, HUG 1, and HUG 2 (Figure 1). The majority of upgrades (81%) were delivered by LAD 3, with a significant contribution (17%) from HUG 1, and a smaller contribution from HUG 2 (2%).  LAD 1 previously delivered 18,600 upgraded households, and LAD 2 delivered 20,500.
• 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

• HUG 2 installations recovered after a December dip, upgrading 130 homes in January, compared to 80 in December. Measures installed increased from 130 in December to 210 in January.
• 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 HUG 2, solar PV was the most common measure and type of measure, accounting for 35% of HUG 2 installations. Low carbon heating and insulation each accounted for 25% of HUG 2 measures.
• 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 shows the distribution of measures installed across LAD 3, HUG 1 and HUG 2, drawing from Tables 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5 of the accompanying release. ASHP stands for Air Source Heat Pump, Other Heat contains all non-ASHP forms of low carbon heating.

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 installations 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 and North East.

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 25th April 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

Responsible statistician: Nick Dann

Email: EnergyEfficiency.Stats@energysecurity.gov.uk

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