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Off‑Gas Grant

Where the £9,000 off-gas grant applies, postcode by postcode

Boiler Upgrade Scheme across North West

45,884 homes across North West run on oil or LPG, 1.8% of properties with a current certificate.

How North West compares

Typical for England and Wales

North West sits close to the England and Wales figure for off-grid heating.

Least off-grid Most off-grid

2% of homes here run on oil or LPG, against 4% across England and Wales. That ranks North West 9 of 10 regions for off-grid heating.

How North West heats its homes

Oil Qualifies 33,947
LPG Qualifies 11,937
Electric only Usually not 290,039

Of 2,562,176 properties with a current certificate.

Local authorities in North West

Ranked by oil and LPG heated homes.
AuthorityOilLPGTotalShare
Westmorland and Furness 8,628 2,017 10,645 12.6%
Cheshire East 5,588 2,122 7,710 5.5%
Cumberland 6,107 1,582 7,689 8.0%
Cheshire West and Chester 4,182 1,299 5,481 4.6%
Ribble Valley 1,471 377 1,848 8.7%
West Lancashire 1,037 516 1,553 4.2%
Lancaster 1,173 357 1,530 3.2%
Wyre 891 240 1,131 2.8%
Preston 493 154 647 1.2%
Pendle 429 192 621 2.0%
Chorley 432 137 569 1.5%
Warrington 294 178 472 0.7%
Sefton 210 259 469 0.5%
Fylde 330 132 462 1.5%
South Ribble 245 171 416 1.1%
Blackburn with Darwen 256 136 392 0.8%
Stockport 166 182 348 0.4%
Wigan 191 142 333 0.3%
Rochdale 187 118 305 0.4%
Oldham 163 139 302 0.4%
Wirral 177 124 301 0.3%
Knowsley 90 194 284 0.5%
Bolton 161 118 279 0.3%
Rossendale 176 91 267 1.1%
St. Helens 119 114 233 0.4%
Manchester 56 151 207 0.1%
Burnley 138 61 199 0.6%
Bury 125 54 179 0.3%
Halton 78 99 177 0.4%
Tameside 76 101 177 0.2%
Liverpool 22 133 155 0.1%
Trafford 84 68 152 0.2%
Salford 73 63 136 0.1%
Hyndburn 70 57 127 0.5%
Blackpool 29 59 88 0.1%