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Energy: Private Rented Housing

Asked by Jenny Riddell-CarpenterLabourDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 5 September 2025UIN 69499

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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when his Department plans to respond to the consultation entitled Improving the energy performance of privately rented homes: 2025 update, published on 7 February 2025.

Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh

The Government’s recent consultation on increasing minimum energy efficiency standards in the domestic private rented sector closed on 2nd May and we are currently analysing responses. A Government response will be published in due course.

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