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

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the report by the Committee on Climate Change The Sixth Carbon Budget: The UK’s path to Net Zero, published on 9 December 2020, what plans they have to set a legally binding target to upgrade all buildings to EPC Band C by 2035.

The Government remains committed to the ambition set out in the Clean Growth Strategy, that as many homes as possible are improved to Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) band C by 2035, where practical, cost-effective, and affordable.

We believe this still represents good value for money, and we are focussed on introducing a range of policies and proposals that deliver it. In 2020, alongside a significant package of public funding for building retrofit, we have:

• Consulted on strengthening minimum energy performance standards for the domestic Private Rented Sector to at least EPC C by 2028;
• Consulted on setting requirements for mortgage lenders to help homeowners improve the energy performance of the homes they lend to;
• Committed to consult on energy performance requirements under the Decent Homes Standard for social housing;
• Committed to consult in 2021 on regulatory measures for owner occupier homes.

The Heat and Building Strategy will set out further details on the actions we will take to reduce emissions from buildings.