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Energy Performance Certificates

Commons · Question 23502 · Tabled 13 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 16 Jan 2025

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Asked by Simon Opher

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the consistency in EPC ratings provided by different assessors; and whether she plans to improve that consistency through changes to (a

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Answered by Alex Norris, 16 Jan 2025

The Energy Performance of Buildings Regulations 2012 place a duty on accreditation schemes to ensure that Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) are produced in a consistent and accurate manner and the energy assessors are suitably qualified and experienc...