Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 77065
Energy: Private Rented Housing
Tabled: 15 September 2025
Answered: 17 October 2025
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an estimate of the funding required for local authorities to ensure the enforcement of proposed new minimum energy efficiency standards in the private rented s
Answer
Martin McCluskeyLocal authorities are key to enforcement and my department has engaged with them extensively throughout policy development. Government is already taking steps to empower local authorities, including proposing increasing the maximum fine to £30,000 per-pro...
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