Private Rented Housing: Energy
Commons · Question 83285 · Tabled 20 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
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
Answered by Martin McCluskey, 28 Oct 2025
Increasing 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...