British Gas has welcomed the prime minister to its Energy Academy in Dartford, where those entering into energy jobs will be trained to assist with the forthcoming boiler scrappage scheme.

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The Dartford Energy Academy is one of five British Gas academies which train apprentice engineers to install and maintain energy-efficient boilers.

Each year, the Centrica-owned company installs 120,000 new boilers, and trains between 300 and 500 engineers who fit and maintain them - as well as many other new energy technologies, such as solar panels.

The government-backed scheme is expected to help 125,000 households upgrade to an energy efficient boiler, with an estimated 120,000 boiler engineers set to benefit from the scheme, the Times has reported.

Gordon Brown was accompanied on his visit by secretary of state for energy and climate change Ed Miliband, where British Gas also announced it would match-fund the government's £400 boiler scrappage allowance to encourage more people to take part in the scheme.