The Government has earmarked an additional £100m to help boost household energy efficiency.

This is on top of the £450m over three years announced in December 2013.

The Green Deal Home Improvement Fund was originally launched on 9 June this year but is currently closed to applications after the allocated funding was fully committed.

Applications for a new phase of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund, designed to help people make energy saving improvements to their home, will open to households before the end of November.

Further details including terms and conditions, rates and all measures to be covered are due to be announced in November.

Edward Davey, Energy and Climate Change Secretary, said: “More money means more people can live in warmer, greener homes sooner. Green Deal Home Improvement Fund vouchers went like hot cakes earlier in the year and now even more people can cut their energy bills by making their homes more energy efficient.”

Energy and Climate Change Minister Amber Rudd said: “We’ve already taken £50 off energy bills but we know that the best way for households to cut their bills is to use less energy.”

She continued: “Over three quarters of a million homes have already had energy saving improvements installed as a result of the Energy Company Obligation and Green Deal schemes and it makes sense to help even more families install measures so that they see the benefits of lower bills and a warmer home for years to come.”