Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the independent control system in overseeing quality assurances of energy performance certificates.
Two per cent of all Energy Performance certificates (EPCs) are randomly selected for audit by the accreditation schemes responsible for certifying energy assessors. In addition to this, independent auditors are appointed by my Department to regularly audit accreditation schemes to make sure that they comply with DCLG’s operating requirements.
It is important that prospective homebuyers and tenants are aware of the energy efficiency of the property they are looking to buy or rent and EPCs enable this.