Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the report entitled Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme, published by the National Audit Office on 8 September 2021, which found that it took on average 137 days to issue a voucher to a homeowner who applied to the scheme in October 2020, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the processing arrangements for that scheme.
Answer
Based on the report by the National Audit Office and its recommendations, the Public Accounts Committee took evidence from HM Treasury and the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy and published its report on the Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme on 1 December 2021. The Government response to the Committee’s report was published on 24 February with the Government agreeing with all of the Committee’s recommendations.