Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many net-zero carbon new homes have been built in England in each of the last five years.

The Government remains fully committed to meeting its target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and recognises the important contribution that the energy efficiency of homes has to make in meeting it. We have consulted on a meaningful and achievable increase to the energy efficiency standards for new homes to be introduced through the Building Regulations in 2020, as a stepping stone to the Future Homes Standard.?The consultation closed on 7 February: we are considering the responses received and will publish a Government response in due course. At present, the Government publishes energy efficiency data for homes drawn from Energy Performance Certificates, but does not routinely collect statistics on the numbers of zero carbon homes built in England.