{"value":{"id":1756662,"askingMemberId":2533,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-01-20T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-02-03T00:00:00","uin":"HL4204","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of public sector buildings in England will have decarbonised heating by 2030.","answeringBodyId":215,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Energy Security and Net Zero","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":2024,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-02-03T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Government is committed to decarbonising a significant proportion of public sector buildings by 2030. This initiative is part of the broader effort to reduce carbon emissions and achieve net-zero targets. The Net Zero Strategy set-out the government’s commitment to halve direct emissions from public sector buildings by 2032 and an aim to further reduce them by 75% by 2037, both against a 2017 baseline.</p><p> </p><p>To support this, up to £3.8 billion is being invested through the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme over the financial years 2020/21 to 2027/28 to provide grants for public sector bodies in England to fund heat decarbonisation and energy efficiency measures.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Heating: Public Sector","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1756662","method":"GET"}]}