Homes will be eligible for £9,000 off a heat pump
8th of July, 2026
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has recently announced that households using heating oil in England and Wales will be eligible to receive £9,000 to switch to a heat pump this summer, to help them save money on their energy bills.
From 21 July, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant is being increased by 20%, from £7,500 to £9,000, to help rural households make the move from heating oil to a heat pump.
Leaflets will be dropping onto the doormats of 200,000 eligible homes in England and Wales soon with more information on how to claim the extra funding.
The Boiler Upgrade Scheme uplift runs alongside measures that the government set out earlier in the year to help cut bills for families and deliver more clean, homegrown power.
The Social Housing Fund will receive an extra £100 million of government funding to support the delivery of up to 57,000 solar installations for households in England this financial year.
DESNZ has produced a toolkit and graphic to help share this information.