41,922 government supported heat pumps were installed last year, new data from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero shows.
As heat pumps become a more popular, environmentally friendly option for house heating in England, DESNZ has revealed that 11,492 government supported heat pump installations took place in the last quarter of 2024, nearly 1k more than the previous month, and over 3k more than the year before. Of these, 7,422 installations were under the Boiler Upgrade Scheme and 3,425 under Energy Company Obligation.
On a regional level, the highest number of installations between October and December 2024 took place in the South East, with 1,824 installations, followed by the South West (1,725). The South East also saw the highest increase rate in heat pump installations, 125.7% more than the year before.
Conversely, the North East and Scotland saw the lowest number of installations, 374 and 487 respectively. Both Wales and Scotland saw a decrease in the rate of heat pump installations from the previous year, as Scotland saw a 41% drop in their rate.
Nonetheless, Wales has seen the biggest growth in proportion of government-supported heat pump installations over the last five years, with 16% of installations being in Wales the year ending December 2024, compared to 5% in 2019.
Geodata context
With the release of new proposals on the Seventh Carbon Budget by the Climate Change Committee on the 26th of February 2025, a renewed discussion about heat pumps has emerged. According to the CCC, the government should impose a limit of 535 MtCO2e on the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions over the five year period between 2038-2042, and heat pumps are a big part of this mission to limit household emissions.
The CCC’s Balanced Pathway sees around half of homes in the UK using a heat pump by 2040, this is compared to around 1% in 2023. The main goal is to reach a rate of heat pump installations of 450,000 installations per annum, comparable to those of Ireland and the Netherlands.
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero spokesperson: “The energy shocks of recent years have shown the urgent need to upgrade British homes and help more people benefit from homegrown energy.”
“That’s why we have almost doubled the budget for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme to £295 million for the next financial year, and just launched a new campaign to help make more families aware of our offer of a £7,500 heat pump grant.”
Charlotte Lee, chief executive of the HPA: “The future homes and building standards will see the market move. 200,000 homes are potentially being built every year, [and] the vast majority of those will be required to have a heat pump – it will absolutely create a gear change in the market,”
Ed Miliband, energy secretary: “We owe it to current generations to seize the opportunities for energy security and lower bills, and we owe it to future generations to tackle the existential climate crisis,”
Emma Pinchbeck, chief executive of the CCC: “For heat pumps, […] the costs are still higher than a fossil fuel boiler and the government will need to act to help people get those technologies.”
“But the rollout rate that we’ve looked at is similar to what happened to our neighbours in Ireland but also to much colder countries in Europe.”
About the map
The map below shows government-supported heat pump installations by region in 2023 and 2024. To explore detailed figures for your area, double-click on the map or click here to view the full-page version.