Government extends Green Deal vouchers
17th February 2015

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is extending the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF) to 31 March 2015.

DECC says that it wants to allow more time for more energy-efficiency measures to be carried out and applies to GDHIF vouchers that have an expiry date before 31 March and have not yet been redeemed –around 3,900 voucher holders - including vouchers that have already expired.

For the first release of GDHIF, which was open to applications from 9 June to 24 July, vouchers worth up to a maximum of £7,600 were on offer.

Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Davey said:

“The Green Deal Home Improvement Fund has been going like hotcakes – winter can be a difficult time to get installations done so by giving more time to voucher holders they can join over one million homes already benefitting from a warmer, cheaper winter thanks to our energy efficiency schemes.”

According to government figures, up to the end of December 2014, 11,061 vouchers have been paid and 13,613 measures installed through GDHIF, with £54.3m claimed.