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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 拢30k) households across England.

HUG Phase 2 (HUG 2) is actively reporting and has allocated 拢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 拢500 million between them. These schemes ran between 2020-2022. LAD Phase 3 made 拢287 million of funding available for Local Authorities. HUG 1 allocated 拢220 million, exclusively for homes that are off the gas grid. Both schemes ran from 2022-2023.

1.1 Delivery by Scheme as of March 2025 statistics release

Scheme	Years Active	Homes Upgraded	Measures Installed	Scheme status
LAD Phase 1	2020 - 2022	18,500	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	5,900	10,300	Ongoing

What you need to know about these statistics

The data contained in these statistics is based on returns submitted by Grant Recipients by mid-March 2025, covering measures delivered to the end of January 2025.

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

Key statistics

Total Homes Upgraded

• This publication is based on returns submitted in mid-March covering measures installed to the end of January 2025, with preliminary February data included for completeness. HUG 2 has installed around 10,300 measures across 5,900 households to date, including some initial data for February and March. There were an additional 760 measures (420 households) reported compared to the previous release. There were 530 measures installed and 300 upgraded households reported in January.
• Across all schemes (LAD 1, LAD 2, LAD 3, HUG 1, and HUG 2) there were a reported total of 94,500 measures installed in 68,400 households.
• The average Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) improved by 1 band for HUG 2, with 62% of homes upgraded to EPC C or higher. These figures are based on the 97% of households that reported post installation EPC scores.

Figure 1: Monthly 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 has delivered around 10,300 measures across 5,900 households, including preliminary data for February. HUG 2 received notice of 300 homes upgraded in January compared to 490 homes in December and 530 homes in November. There was a similar pattern in measures installed, with 530 installations reported in January, compared to 920 installations in December and 950 in November.
• 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 670 homes upgraded per month. HUG 2 has so far peaked at around 550 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 35% of installations. Low Carbon Heat measures accounted for around 31% of HUG 2 measures followed by Insulation measures (25%) as shown in Figure 3.

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. Other LCH includes all other forms of low carbon heating not listed. Other Insulation includes all other insulation measures not listed.

Delivery by region

The South East region has the most homes upgraded through HUG 2 (24% of total HUG 2 measures), with the East (21%), North West (19%), and South West (19%), also containing a higher proportion of homes upgraded. Yorkshire and Humber (10%) and West Midlands (5%) had a 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 24 April 2025.

Scheme information

More information on the HUG and LAD schemes can be found on the Department鈥檚 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鈥檚 statistical revisions policy sets out the revisions policy for these statistics, which has been developed in accordance with the UK Statistics Authority .

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: [email protected].

The Department鈥檚 statement on statistical public engagement and data standards sets out the department鈥檚 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鈥檚 statement of compliance with the Pre-Release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008.

Contact

Responsible statisticians: Nick Dann and Zheni Goranova

Email: [email protected]

Media enquiries: 020 7215 1000
Public enquiries: 0300 068 6838