62nd Report - Faulty energy efficiency installations

Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee HC 1229 23 January 2026
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 39 items (19 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 38 of 39 classified)
Accepted 9
Accepted in Part 2
Acknowledged 1
Deferred 3
Not Addressed 12
Rejected 11
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Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Sixty-second report from Session 2024-26 · published 7 Apr 2026
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Recommendations & Conclusions

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37 Conclusion Deferred
ECO failures undermine public confidence in retrofits, prompting Departmental system tightening.
Conclusion
Written evidence from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, AgilityEco and the Green Homes Group told us how the failures with ECO are undermining public confidence in retrofits, potentially with negative impacts on our ability … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government refers to its response to recommendation 2, highlighting the 'find-and-fix' programme and the letter to the Committee dated 6 February 2026 addressing recommendation 3, stating that their approach of holding the system to account will continue after the ECO4 scheme has ended.
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38 Conclusion Deferred
Lack of independence between retrofit assessors and installers is a key design flaw.
Conclusion
We pressed the Department on a key outstanding design flaw: retrofit assessors (who provide information about a home’s energy performance) and retrofit coordinators (who manage the project and should check the retrofit is completed to the correct standards) can be … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government refers to its response to recommendation 2, highlighting the 'find-and-fix' programme and the letter to the Committee dated 6 February 2026 addressing recommendation 3, stating that their approach of holding the system to account will continue after the ECO4 scheme has ended.
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39 Conclusion Deferred
Systemic failings identified across retrofit system, prompting departmental reform based on principles.
Conclusion
Ultimately, the Department made its position very clear. It told us there were “serious failings at every level of the system that are systemic” and that it intends to reform the system to better protect consumers.97 Since we took evidence … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government refers to its response to recommendation 2, highlighting the 'find-and-fix' programme and the letter to the Committee dated 6 February 2026 addressing recommendation 3, stating that their approach of holding the system to account will continue after the ECO4 scheme has ended.
HM Treasury
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