Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of the Scottish Government’s Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) reform proposals that aim to ensure that EPCs are an indicator of energy efficiency, heating emissions and cost; and whether his Department has made an assessment of the viability of implementing such reforms throughout the UK.

As we continue to deliver the commitments within the EPC Action Plan, and develop policies that rely on EPCs as a measure of energy performance, we will monitor and assess relevant material such as the Scottish Government’s EPC proposals, to inform our decision-making in these areas.