Official Statistics

Summary of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund statistics: March 2025

Published 27 March 2025

Applies to England

Introduction

The Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) is a government scheme designed to upgrade a significant amount of the social housing stock currently below Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) C up to that standard.

The government launched Wave 1 of the SHDF in August 2021. It awarded around £179m of grant funding for delivery from 2022 into 2023 for energy performance improvements to up to 20,000 social housing properties.

Successful projects within Wave 2.1 of the SHDF were announced on 22 March 2023. Wave 2.1 of the SHDF awarded around £778m of grant funding to 107 projects, delivering from 2023 to 2025.

Wave 2.2 of the SHDF awarded around £80m of grant funding from April 2024, building on the allocations made under the previous Wave 2.1 for delivery from 2024 to 2026. Wave 2.2. statistics will start to be reported when there is sufficient data to do so.

What you need to know about these statistics

This release presents the latest statistics on the SHDF Wave 1 and Wave 2.1.

SHDF Wave 1 is now closed and the statistics are based on returns from all 62 local authorities who participated in this wave. Wave 1 tables will continue to be updated until final data for all homes treated is available. SHDF Wave 2.1 is actively reporting.

The data in these statistics are based on returns submitted by mid-March 2025, covering measure installations to the end of January 2025.

The Wave 2.1 data is based on returns from 102 grant recipients, with completed installations reported by 56 grant recipients.

All figures in this publication are provisional and subject to revision.

Key statistics

Total homes upgraded

To the end of January 2025, there were around 60,200 measures installed in 30,500 households across SHDF Wave 1 and Wave 2.1.

SHDF Wave 2.1 has delivered around 28,500 measures in 14,500 households up to the end of January 2025. Grant recipients reported installation of around 610 measures into 300 households in January 2025.

Under SHDF Wave 2.1, almost 100% (10,010) of upgraded homes were improved to EPC band C or above. This is based on the 69% (10,040) of households with pre and post installation EPC ratings, and which were initially rated D or lower.

Delivery by month

To the end of January 2025, there have been around 28,500 measures installed in 14,500 households under SHDF Wave 2.1. This is an increase of 5,560 measures installed (24%) and 2,490 households upgraded (21%) compared to the February statistical release. Of this increase, 4,950 measures and 2,190 households came from upward revisions to historical data from Grant Recipients.

As shown in Figure 1, reported measure delivery under Wave 2.1 in the last 3-month period was down from 5,000 measures delivered in August 2024 to October 2024 to 2,600 in the three months to January 2025. There were 610 measures installed in January 2025, 760 in December 2024 and 1,200 in November 2024. There was a similar pattern in households upgraded, with 300 households upgraded in January 2025, 350 households in December 2024 and 560 in November 2024. It is likely that data for the most recent months will be revised upwards in future publications, but monthly delivery is lower than the peak of 2,700 measures installed in March 2024 under Wave 2.1.

Figure 1: Number of Measures Installed by Installation Month under SHDF Wave 1 and Wave 2.1

The data used in Figure 1 can be found in Table 1 of the Accompanying Tables.

Delivery by measure type

As shown in Figure 2, the majority of measures installed under SHDF Wave 2.1 have been insulation measures, accounting for 54% (15,200 measures) of the total 28,500 measures; this is followed by electricity related measures (such as solar PV) accounting for 21% (5,900 measures); and measures to upgrade windows and doors (such as double or triple glazing) accounting for 15% (4,400 measures).

Similar to the pattern for Wave 2.1, the majority of measures installed over the period under SHDF Wave 1 were insulation measures accounting for 59% (18,600 measures). Windows and door measures accounted for 23% and electricity related measures accounted for 13% of the total 31,700 measures installed.

The most common single measure type installed under Wave 1 and Wave 2.1 is loft insulation, accounting for 23% and 22% of measures, respectively.

Figure 2: Percentage of Measures Installed by Measure Type under SHDF Wave 1 and Wave 2.1 (March 2022 to January 2025)

ASHP: Air Source Heat Pump; GSHP: Ground Source Heat Pump; Other heat contains all non-ASHP and non-GSHP forms of low carbon heat and heating control measures.

The data used in Figure 2 can be found in Table 3.1 and 3.2 of the Accompanying Tables.

Delivery by region

There have been 14,500 households upgraded under SHDF Wave 2.1 up to the end of January 2025, meaning they have at least one measures installed.

Figure 3 shows that Yorkshire and the Humber had the most households upgraded (2,900 households, 20%), followed by the East of England (2,400 households, 17%) and North West (2,100 households, 15%). Please note the regions have significantly different populations and participating number of grant recipients.

Figure 3: Proportion of Households Upgraded under SHDF Wave 2.1 by English Region (April 2023 to January 2025)

The data used in Figure 3 can be found in Table 6.2 of the Accompanying Tables.

Delivery by property type

As shown in Figure 4, the majority of measures were installed in houses under Wave 2.1 accounting for 76% (21,700 measures) of the total 28,500 measures; this is followed by bungalows accounting for 15% (4,300 measures) and flats accounting for 8% (2,400 measures). No measures were installed in maisonettes.

Figure 4: Number of Measures Installed by Property Type under SHDF Wave 2.1 (April 2023 to January 2025)

The data used in Figure 4 can be found in Table 4.2 of the Accompanying Tables.

Annex: Further Information

Next publication date

The next publication will be released at 09:30am on Thursday 24 April 2025.

Scheme Information

More information on the SHDF scheme can be found on the SHDF Wave 1 website and SHDF Wave 2.1 website.

Accompanying tables

Tables showing number of measures installed and households upgraded under SHDF are available.

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.

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