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DESNZ Public Attitudes Tracker: Winter 2025
Summary
DESNZ published its Winter 2025 Public Attitudes Tracker, a nationally representative survey tracking public awareness and attitudes on energy and climate policies. This is the 15th wave since 2021, covering topics including net zero, renewable energy, heating, energy bills, and the new Great British Energy company.
Why it matters
Provides valuable insights into public acceptance and awareness of key energy transition policies, which is crucial for policy design and implementation success, particularly around heat pump deployment and renewable energy infrastructure development.
Key facts
- •Survey conducted 4 November to 9 December 2025
- •15th wave in series that began Autumn 2021
- •Moved to triannual design (spring, summer, winter) from Spring 2024
- •Covers adults aged 16+ in UK
- •Includes questions on Clean Power 2030 target (95% clean electricity by 2030)
- •New section on Great British Energy public awareness
Areas affected
consumersrenewablesheat pumpsenergy efficiencynuclearplanning
Related programmes
Clean Power 2030Net ZeroGreat British Energy
Publisher description
Findings from the triannual DESNZ Public Attitudes Tracker (PAT).
Full extracted text
The DESNZ Public Attitudes Tracker is a nationally representative annual survey of adults (aged 16+) in the UK that tracks public awareness, attitudes and behaviours relating to the policies of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero ( DESNZ ), such as energy and climate change. This report provides a summary of the headline findings from the Winter 2025 wave of the Tracker, which ran from 4 November to 9 December 2025. The Winter 2025 wave is the fifteenth wave in a series of surveys which began in Autumn 2021. Between Autumn 2021 and Summer 2023, surveys were conducted every quarter, although there was no wave in Autumn 2023. From Spring 2024, the survey moved to a triannual design with waves conducted every spring, summer and winter. DESNZ Public Attitudes Tracker: Headline findings, Winter 2025, UK HTML DESNZ Public Attitudes Tracker: Technical overview, Winter 2025, UK HTML DESNZ Public Attitudes Tracker: Net Zero and climate change, Winter 2025, UK HTML DESNZ Public Attitudes Tracker: Renewable energy, Winter 2025, UK HTML DESNZ Public Attitudes Tracker: Energy infrastructure and energy security, Winter 2025, UK HTML DESNZ Public Attitudes Tracker: Heat and energy use in the home, Winter 2025, UK HTML DESNZ Public Attitudes Tracker: Energy bills and tariffs, Winter 2025, UK HTML DESNZ Public Attitudes Tracker: Winter 2025 - Questionnaire PDF , 447 KB , 34 pages DESNZ Public Attitudes Tracker: Winter 2025 - Time Series MS Excel Spreadsheet , 216 KB This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. Request an accessible format. If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email alt.formats@energysecurity.gov.uk . Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use. DESNZ Public Attitudes Tracker: Winter 2025 - Crosstabulations MS Excel Spreadsheet , 380 KB This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. Request an accessible format. If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email alt.formats@energysecurity.gov.uk . Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use. 1 DESNZ PUBLIC ATTITUDES TRACKER WINTER 2025 (Wave 15) Contents SECTION A: OPENING DEMOGRAPHICS .......................................................................... 2 SECTION B: TRIANNUAL TRACKER QUESTIONS ............................................................. 4 SECTION C: GREAT BRITISH ENERGY ............................................................................. 6 SECTION D: HEAT USE IN THE HOME ............................................................................... 7 SECTION E: NUCLEAR ENERGY ...................................................................................... 11 SECTION F: ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATES (EPCs) ..................................... 12 SECTION G: LOW CARBON HEATING ............................................................................. 14 SECTION H: ELECTRICITY NETWORKS .......................................................................... 18 SECTION I: ELECTRICITY USE ......................................................................................... 19 SECTION J: CLIMATE CHANGE ........................................................................................ 24 SECTION K: CLOSING DEMOGRAPHICS ......................................................................... 27 This document refers to ‘paper questionnaire’ and ‘web’ to indicate differences between the paper and web version of the survey. 2 SECTION A: OPENING DEMOGRAPHICS (PAPER: SECTION A: ABOUT YOU) ADD TIME STAMP ASK ALL (WEB ONLY) INTROD1 (Display) Thank you for choosing to take part in the Public Attitudes Tracker on behalf of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. ASK ALL INTROD2 (Display) In this first section, we would like to find out a little about you and your household. The information is used to understand the experiences of different groups and will not identify you or anyone in your household. ASK ALL NUMADULTS (Single) Including yourself, how many adults aged 16 or over are currently living in your household? 1. 1 2. 2 3. 3 or more ASK ALL CHILDHH How many children aged under 16 currently live in your household? 1. 0 2. 1 3. 2 4. 3 or more 99 Prefer not to say 3 ASK ALL AGE (Numeric) What is your age? NUMERIC (Range 16-110) (PAPER, GO TO GENDER) 99 Prefer not to say (PAPER, GO TO AGEBAND) PAPER: IF AGE PROVIDED, GO TO GENDER IF AGE= PREFER NOT TO SAY (AGE=99) AGEBAND (Single) Which of the following [... truncated]