Notice

Boiler Upgrade Scheme Regulations: approved standards, grant categories and grant levels

Lists of standards, grant categories and grant levels that have been approved for the scheme.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 1 April 2022
• Last updated: 20 October 2026 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Notice of standards

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Summary of standards (September 2026)

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 27.9 KB

Notice of approved grant categories and values for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme

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Details

These documents list:

• the standards the Secretary of State has approved for the purposes of Regulation 4 of ‘The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) Regulations 2022’
• the grant categories and grant levels the Secretary of State has approved for the purposes of Regulation 13 of ‘The Boiler Upgrade Scheme Regulations 2022’

• Last updated: 20 October 2026
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  1. 20 October 2026

     Updated the 'summary of standards' and 'notice of standards' to reflect that the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) changed their version of MCS:2025 to version 2 on 8 September 2026.

  2. 29 September 2026

     Updated to list MCS 007 The Heat Pump Standard Version 8.0 and MIS 3005-D Heat Pump Design Standard Version 3.0; MCS:2025 versions of existing standards; and Home Insulation and Energy Systems Contractors Scheme (HIES) Code of Practice Version S.

  3. 21 July 2026

     Removed the previous version of the approved grant categories and values for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme. The current version should be used from 21 July 2026.

  4. 9 June 2026

     Published Notice of standards and Summary of standards.

  5. 28 May 2026

     Published the approved grant categories and values for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme from 21 July 2026.

  6. 5 May 2026

     Amended details of grant categories and values in the Notice of approved grant categories and values for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme.

  7. 28 April 2025

     Updated to list MCS 007 Product Certification Scheme Requirements: Heat Pumps: version 7, published 24 April 2025; Home Insulation and Energy Systems Contractors Scheme (HIES) Code of Practice Version Q, published 5 March 2025, operational from 1 May 2025.

  8. 3 December 2024

     Updated to list Issue 2 of Microgeneration Installation Standard: MIS 3005-D The Heat Pump Standard (Design).

  9. 21 May 2024

     Added list of grant categories and grant levels approved for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme.

  10. 8 May 2024

      List of standards updated with the approved codes of practice as required by Regulation 4(1)(j).

  11. 1 April 2022

      First published.