Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on helping to ensure that housing associations apply for energy performance certificates where they are required to allow tenants to benefit from the Warm Homes Discount; and whether his Department plans to take steps to resolve the situation if housing associations do not apply for those certificates in such circumstances.

Energy performance certificates (EPC) are not required as a matter of course to be eligible for the Warm Home Discount. They are only required in circumstances where the household wants to challenge the data for the age and size of their property held by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), or if there is no VOA record.

The Government have communicated these details to the National Housing Federation and will consider what further actions to take ahead of next winter.