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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the fuel cost EPC rating methodology on the potential to reach UK carbon budgets.

We remain committed to delivering the aspiration set out in the Clean Growth Strategy, our strategy for meeting the UK carbon budgets, for as many homes as possible to reach EPC Band C by 2035, and fuel poor homes by 2030, where practical, cost effective and affordable.

How EPCs are used in the policy package to reach UK carbon budgets and the consequent impacts, will continue to be tested as part of individual policy consultations. We will keep the underlying methodology for calculating EPC ratings under review as we develop policies and plans for decarbonising buildings and for reducing fuel poverty.