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Energy: Private Rented Housing

Asked by Callum AndersonLabourDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 30 January 2026UIN 107856

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of energy efficiency standards in private rented homes in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.

Answered by Martin McCluskey

Government is looking to raise minimum energy efficiency standards across the private rented sector to deliver warmer, cheaper to heat homes. Government has published its response to the consultation on minimum energy efficiency standards in the domestic private rented sector on 21 January 2026. The Government Response is accompanied by the Department’s Impact Assessment which includes a regional breakdown of private rented sector properties and the estimated impact of the policy.

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