Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 69499

Energy: Private Rented Housing

Tabled: 21 July 2025
Answered: 5 September 2025

Question

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

LabourSuffolk Coastal

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when his Department plans to respond to the consultation entitled Improving the energy performance of privately rented homes: 2025 update, published on 7 February 2025.

Answer

Miatta Fahnbulleh
The Government’s recent consultation on increasing minimum energy efficiency standards in the domestic private rented sector closed on 2nd May and we are currently analysing responses. A Government response will be published in due course.