FOI Request - Heat Pumps in Social Housing

Request 101003745494

This is an information request relating to the purchasing of heat pumps to be installed in council owned social housing.

Please include the following information for the following years, 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24:
1. Whether any heat pumps have been purchased and/or installed by the council in any council owned social housing.
2. The cost of each heat pump purchased and/or installed in any council owned social housing.
3. Whether any estimate has been made of long-term savings as a result of installing heat pumps, and what these savings are estimated to be in any council owned social housing.

Response 04-04-2025

1. The Council has installed the following Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHP): 2021/22 – 96, 2022/23 -184 and 2023/24 - 37

2. The current average cost of an install of just an air source heat pump is £12,471.

3. No specific estimate of long-term savings has been calculated based on only the installation of ASHP. However, from evaluation work undertaken following installations in 2022 tenants advised their energy bills were more affordable. One third of respondents advised the work had positively affected their energy bills. It should be noted that works to properties included solar PVs, battery storage and insulation measures along with an ASHP.