Written questions

Social Rented Housing: Heating

Commons · Question 2357 · Tabled 18 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 27 May 2026

Question

Asked by Carla Denyer

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the risk of overheating in social housing.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 27 May 2026

All social homes should meet at least a minimum standard of thermal comfort.My Department made an assessment of subjective overheating through the English Housing Survey, which found that in 2024 10.6% of social housing households reported at least one pa...