Official Statistics

Summary of the Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery (LAD) and Home Upgrade Grant (HUG) statistics: July 2025

Published 31 July 2025

Applies to England

Introduction

The Home Upgrade Grant (HUG) and Local Authority Delivery scheme (LAD) are government schemes supporting energy efficiency upgrades of low-energy efficiency (EPC of D or lower) low-income (household income below £30k) households across England.

HUG Phase 2 (HUG 2) is exclusively for off-gas-grid properties and allocated £630 million for delivery between September 2023 and March 2025. Whilst the HUG 2 scheme officially closed in March 2025, delivery is actively reporting and some grant recipients were granted delivery extensions.

LAD Phases 1 and 2 previously received £500 million between them. These schemes ran between 2020-2022. LAD Phase 3 made £287 million of funding available for Local Authorities. HUG 1 allocated £220 million, exclusively for homes that are off the gas grid. Both schemes ran from 2022-2023.

1.1 Delivery by Scheme as of July 2025 Statistics Release

Scheme	Years Active	Homes Upgraded	Measures Installed	Scheme status
LAD Phase 1	2020 - 2022	18,500	23,800	Closed
LAD Phase 2	2021 - 2022	20,500	27,000	Closed
LAD Phase 3	2022 - 2023	19,500	27,000	Closed
HUG Phase 1	2022 - 2023	4,000	6,400	Closed
HUG Phase 2	2023 - 2025	11,800	21,900	Closed

What you need to know about these statistics

The data contained in these statistics is based on returns submitted by Grant Recipients by mid-July 2025. Whilst the HUG 2 scheme officially closed in March 2025, some grant recipients were granted delivery extensions and the data in this release covers installations to end May 2025.

All figures in this publication are provisional and subject to revision. For more information, see the Department’s statistical revisions policy.

Key statistics

Total Homes Upgraded

• This publication is based on returns submitted in mid-July 2025 covering measures installed through funding provided to the end of the scheme in March 2025. HUG 2 has installed around 21,900 measures across 11,800 households to date. There was an additional 360 households (740 measures) upgraded compared to the previous release, all revisions to previous months.
• Across all schemes (LAD 1, LAD 2, LAD 3, HUG 1, and HUG 2) there were a reported total of 106,000 measures installed in 74,300 households.
• The average Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) improved by 1 band for HUG 2, with 61% of homes upgraded to EPC C or higher. These figures are based on the 99% of households that reported post installation EPC scores.

Figure 1: Monthly homes upgraded by HUG 2

The data used in this chart can be found in Table 3 of the accompanying tables. There are 540 homes with unknown installation dates that have been excluded from this figure.

Homes upgraded by month

• HUG 2 has delivered around 21,900 measures across 11,800 households. HUG 2 received notice of 300 homes upgraded in May compared to 500 homes in April and 1,710 homes in March. There was a similar pattern in measures installed, with 650 installations reported in May, compared to 1,000 installations in April and 3,240 in March.

• Figure 2 shows the monthly number of homes upgraded across all phases of LAD and HUG: all LAD phases show the same pattern of starting slowly (hundreds of homes a month), before ramping up to upgrade several thousand homes per month. HUG 1 followed a similar pattern, but peaked at around 670 homes upgraded per month. As would be expected towards the end of the scheme period, HUG 2 has reported higher installation volumes in the past few months, with a peak of around 1,700 homes reported as upgraded in March 2025.

Figure 2: Number of Homes Upgraded by Month

The data used in this chart can be found in Table 3 of the accompanying tables.Homes with unknown installation dates have been excluded from this figure.

Delivery by measure type

• Across HUG 2, Solar PV was the most common type of measure, accounting for 34% of installations. Low Carbon Heat measures accounted for around 29% of HUG 2 measures followed by Insulation (27%) measures as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3: Type of measures installed in HUG 2

The data used in this chart can be found in Table 1.5 of the accompanying tables. Other LCH includes all other forms of low carbon heating not listed. Other Insulation includes all other insulation measures not listed.

Delivery by region

The South East region has the most homes upgraded through HUG 2 (19% of total HUG 2 homes), with the North West (16%), East of England (15%), and South West (14%), also containing a higher proportion of homes upgraded. West Midlands (12%), East Midlands (12%), Yorkshire and the Humber (8%), North East (4%) and London (1%) had a smaller numbers of homes upgraded. Please note the regions have significantly different populations and participating grant recipients.

Annex: Further information

Next publication date

The next publication will be at 09:30am on Thursday 28 August 2025.

Scheme information

More information on the HUG and LAD schemes can be found on the Department’s website.

Accompanying tables

Tables showing number of measures installed and households upgraded under HUG and LAD are available online. The tables also contain information on methodology and data quality.

Revisions policy

The Department’s statistical revisions policy sets out the revisions policy for these statistics, which has been developed in accordance with the UK Statistics Authority Code of Practice for Statistics.

User engagement

Users are encouraged to provide comments and feedback on how these statistics are used and how well they meet user needs. Comments on any issues relating to this statistical release are welcomed and should be sent to: EnergyEfficiency.Stats@energysecurity.gov.uk.

The Department’s statement on statistical public engagement and data standards sets out the department’s commitments on public engagement and data standards as outlined by the Code of Practice for Statistics.

Pre-release access to statistics

Some ministers and officials receive access to these Official Statistics up to 24 hours before release. Details of the arrangements for doing this and a list of the ministers and officials that receive pre-release access to these statistics can be found in the Department’s statement of compliance with the Pre-Release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008.

Contact

Responsible statisticians: Nick Dann and Zheni Goranova

Email: EnergyEfficiency.Stats@energysecurity.gov.uk

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