Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 83285
Private Rented Housing: Energy
Tabled: 20 October 2025
Answered: 28 October 2025
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the cost of the new energy efficiency standards in the private rented sector are not passed on to tenants through higher rents.
Answer
Martin McCluskeyIncreasing minimum energy efficiency standards in the private rented sector will ensure that tenants have homes that are warmer and less susceptible to damp and mould, while also lowering their energy bills and lifting homes out of fuel poverty. These cha...
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