Oral QuestionDepartment of Health and Social Care

“If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of employing youth intervention workers at major trauma centres.”

Tabled: 14 March 2018Answered: 20 March 2018

Asked by

Sarah Jones

Labour — Croydon West

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Housing and Planning (Matthew Pennycook)

The December 2021 uplift to energy-efficiency standards means that most new build homes already achieve EPC ratings of A or B. As recently announced, the Government intend to introduce future standards in the autumn that will set more ambitious energy-efficiency and carbon emissions requirements for new homes to ensure that they are net zero-ready.