Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure energy efficiency improvements can be undertaken in private blocks of flats that are subject to lease constraints.

The Government remains committed to meeting its net zero emissions targets by 2050 and recognises the important contribution that the energy efficiency of buildings has to make in meeting it.

Reforms in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 will make it easier and cheaper for more leaseholders to buy their freehold or take over the management of their building, if they wish to do so. This will provide them with greater control over their building to make alterations in support of energy efficiency improvements in accordance with the terms of the lease.