The Chancellor announced the Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme (the Scheme) on the 8 July 2020, with the expectation that it would launch on 30 September 2020. This allowed just 12 weeks to get the scheme up and running. During this time, the Department had to consult with stakeholders, design the Scheme, and procure a scheme administrator to implement a digital system for voucher applications.60 This was at a time when the Department’s delivery capacity in terms of personnel and skills was already constrained in responding to the impact of Covid-19, for example with supporting vaccine procurement various business loan schemes, as well as its other building decarbonisation schemes.61