Written questions

Housing: Construction

Lords · Question HL3723 · Tabled 6 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 20 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Birt

To ask His Majesty's Government whether all the 1.5 million new homes which they target to be built by 2030 (1) will have 360 insulation, and (2) will have decarbonised heating.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, 20 Jan 2025

The Government is committed to ensuring that the 1.5 million homes we will build over the course of this parliament will be high quality, well designed and sustainable. In 2021, the Government introduced an uplift in energy efficiency standards, which cam...