Private Rented Housing: Energy
(asked on 24th February 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask His Majesty's Government what powers they have to alter the minimum mandated energy standards for the private rented sector.
Answered by
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 10th March 2025
The Energy Act 2011 is the primary legislation which gives government the powers to amend the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015, which set minimum energy efficiency standards for the private rented sector. Government has launched a consultation on increasing minimum energy efficiency standards in the domestic private rented sector on 7th February 2025.