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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to promote energy efficiency in new house building.

In the last Parliament, we strengthened the energy standards for new homes by over 30 per cent. New homes built to these demanding standards are reducing bills and saving carbon.

The government has a duty under the Housing and Planning Act 2016 to carry out a review of the energy performance requirements for new homes in the Building Regulations. We have started work on this review and the outcome will be used to help determine whether any further strengthening of energy performance standards is required.