Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 105823

Housing: Standards

Tabled: 14 January 2026
Answered: 23 January 2026

Question

Anneliese Dodds

Labour (Co-op)Oxford East

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking on the development of the energy efficiency elements of the Home Energy Model for the new homes standard.

Answer

Martin McCluskey
The Government is developing the Home Energy Model (HEM) to support net zero and housing goals, including the requirements laid out in the Future Homes Standard (FHS).HEM and the FHS ‘wrapper’ will together make up the HEM: FHS assessment methodology. HEM...

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