{"value":{"id":1608554,"askingMemberId":4667,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-03-29T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-04-17T00:00:00","uin":"176728","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether underspend from the first year of the Boiler Upgrade Scheme will be returned to the Treasury.","answeringBodyId":215,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Energy Security and Net Zero","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":1482,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-04-21T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) budget is £450 million, split equally over three financial years (2022-2025). The Government explored options to carry over unused budget from year 1 of the scheme, but due to the accounting rules for capital spending, the Government does not expect this to be possible and the underspend will be returned to HM Treasury.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Boiler Upgrade Scheme","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1608554","method":"GET"}]}