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Carbon Emissions and Energy: Skilled Workers

Commons · Question 108872 · Tabled 27 Jan 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 4 Feb 2026

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Asked by Pippa Heylings

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how his Department plans to tackle skills shortages in retrofitting and home decarbonisation.

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Answered by Martin McCluskey, 4 Feb 2026

The Warm Homes Plan will create good jobs across the country, with 180,000 additional high-quality, well-paid, future-proofed jobs in energy efficiency and clean heating by 2030. We are investing £15 billion to upgrade up to five million homes by 2030; th...