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1354432

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Carbon Emissions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Future Homes Task Force Delivery Plan to deliver net zero homes.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
	uin	HL2600
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>On the 27th July, the industry-led Future Homes Task Force published a Delivery Plan that sets out the action needed from industry to deliver new homes in line with government’s climate, environmental and sustainability targets by 2050. Relevant government departments (MHCLG, BEIS and Defra) were consulted on the development of the Delivery Plan, which aligns with upcoming regulation such as the Future Homes Standard and with wider environmental policies and priorities such as those on bio-diversity net gain and water efficiency.</p><p>The Task Force also announced the creation of the industry-led Future Homes Hub to oversee implementation of the Delivery Plan. The Future Homes Hub will help industry by coordinating pilot developments and prototypes, identifying operational solutions, carrying out research and analysis into delivery challenges and producing technical guidance. The knowledge and outputs from the Hub’s work will be freely shared with industry to help minimise costs and support effective delivery, which will be particularly helpful for SMEs.</p><p>It is right that industry leads this work and steps up where necessary to ensure it can meet the challenges associated with the country’s net zero ambitions. Government is pleased to support the work of the Future Homes Hub and senior officials from MHCLG, BEIS, Defra and Homes England sit on the Hub’s board in non-executive roles, helping advise on its programme of work and offering strategic guidance.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 16/09/2021 14:00:22 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
	tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

1352454

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made for the implications of his policies of the National Housing Federation’s defining net zero for social housing: discussion paper, and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	42085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the National Housing Federation discussion paper for its members on defining net zero for social housing and we look forward to seeing the outcome of the Federation's decarbonisation project.</p><p>The Social Housing White Paper committed to a review of the Decent Homes Standard, which will consider how the standard can work to support better energy efficiency and the decarbonisation of social homes. Part One of the review is underway and is due to conclude this Autumn.</p><p>The Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF), for which the manifesto committed £3.8 billion over 10 years, will support local authorities and housing associations to improve the energy performance of social rented homes. Following the launch of the SHDF Demonstrator in October 2020, £62 million has been awarded so far, covering over 2,300 social homes, to test innovative approaches to retrofitting at scale. Bidding for the first wave of the fund opened in August 2021.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 13/09/2021 14:01:23 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1336761

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to decarbonise housing.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
	uin	16249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2021 answer text <p>From 2025, the Future Homes Standard will ensure that new homes produce at least 75 per cent lower CO2 emissions compared to those built to current standards. This represents a considerable improvement in energy efficiency standards for new homes. These homes will be future-proofed with low carbon heating and high levels of energy efficiency. No further energy efficiency retrofit work will be necessary to enable them to become zero-carbon over time as the electricity grid continues to decarbonise. Our work on a full technical specification for the Future Homes Standard has been accelerated and we will consult on this in 2023. We also intend to introduce the necessary legislation in 2024, ahead of implementation in 2025.</p><p>Decarbonising existing housing stock is also vital to achieving net zero. The Government set out its ambition in the Energy White Paper that all homes should reach Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) band C by 2035, where practical, cost-effective and affordable. Alongside this, the Prime Minister's Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution set a target of installing 600,000 heat pumps every year by 2028. The Heat and Buildings Strategy will set out how we intend to meet our commitments and set us on a path to decarbonising homes and buildings by 2050, while continuing to deliver greater numbers of safe and affordable new homes.</p><p>The Government has committed to consult on measures to improve the energy performance of owner-occupied homes, and we recently ran a consultation on how mortgage lenders can support homeowners to improve the energy performance of their homes. We are also considering further options and will be publishing a call for evidence to seek views on these.</p><p>For the private rental sector, homes are currently required to have an energy efficiency rating EPC E or above unless a valid exemption applies. The regulations applied to new tenancies only from April 2018, and then to all tenancies in scope from 1 April 2020. BEIS recently consulted on raising this minimum standard to EPC C for new tenancies from 2025 and all tenancies from 2028. These responses are being analysed and a response will follow.</p><p>Finally, we are currently reviewing the Decent Homes Standard, and we will ensure the review considers how the standard can work to support better energy efficiency and the decarbonisation of social homes.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 23/06/2021 16:43:34 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1299347

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward proposals for new housing regulations to help decrease carbon emissions from new housing.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	162665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to meeting its target of net zero emissions by 2050 and recognises the important contribution that the energy efficiency of buildings has to make in meeting it. We must ensure that the energy efficiency standards we set through the Building Regulations for new homes put us on track to meet the 2050 target. From 2021, new homes will be expected to produce 31% less CO<sub>2</sub> emissions compared to current standards, and from 2025, the Future Homes Standard (FHS) will ensure that new homes produce at least 75% lower CO<sub>2</sub> emissions compared to those built to current standards. Homes built under the FHS will be ‘zero carbon ready’, which means that in the longer term, no further retrofit work for energy efficiency will be necessary to enable them to become zero-carbon homes as the electricity grid continues to decarbonise.</p><p>We must ensure that all parts of industry are ready to meet the FHS from 2025, which will be challenging to deliver in practice, by supporting industry to take a first step towards the new standard. The interim uplift in 2021 will deliver a meaningful reduction in carbon emissions and provide a stepping stone to the FHS in 2025. Our work on a full technical specification for the FHS, which will provide proposals for the technical detail and associated draft guidance of the FHS, has been accelerated and we will consult on this in 2023. We also intend to introduce the necessary legislation in 2024, ahead of implementation in 2025.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 08/03/2021 17:51:08 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1279324

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if they will mandate zero carbon heating options in the new Future Homes Standard building regulations and take steps to introduce such new regulations by December 2023.
	tabling member constituency	St Ives
	tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
	uin	141568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>From 2025, the Future Homes Standard will ensure that new homes produce at least 75 per cent lower CO<sub>2</sub> emissions compared to those built to current standards. This represents a considerable improvement in the energy efficiency standards for new homes. Homes built under the Future Homes Standard will be ‘zero carbon ready’, with low carbon heating and very high fabric standards.</p><p>We have listened to calls for a swifter and more certain pathway and our work on a full technical specification for the Future Homes Standard has been accelerated. We therefore intend to consult on this in 2023 and introduce the necessary legislation in 2024, ahead of full implementation of the Future Homes Standard in 2025.</p><p>The Building Regulations will continue to set a performance-based standard rather than mandating or banning the use of any technologies. However, to make sure that new homes are zero carbon ready we plan to set the performance standard of the Future Homes Standard at a level which means that new homes will not be built with fossil fuel heating. To ensure the Gas Act is in line with the Future Homes Standard, the Energy White Paper also confirmed that we will seek views on the feasibility of ending the connection of new build homes to the natural gas grid.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 27/01/2021 16:43:36 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1275072

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What progress he has made on ensuring that (a) new and (b) existing homes are net zero carbon.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
	uin	910672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p><a target="_blank">We have proposed an ambitious uplift in the energy efficiency of new homes through the Future Homes Standard. </a>These homes will be ‘zero carbon ready’, with the ability to become fully zero carbon homes as the electricity grid decarbonises, without the need for further costly retrofitting work.</p><p>The Government is providing funding (including the green homes grant) and making regulatory changes (including consulting on increased minimum standards for the Private Rented Sector) to improve existing homes. Our forthcoming <em>Heat and Buildings Strategy </em>will set out further actions.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 11/01/2021 17:12:09 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1260234

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to set zero carbon standards for new housing.
	tabling member constituency	Tatton
	tabling member printed	Esther McVey
	uin	128153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to meeting its target of net zero emissions by 2050 and recognises the important contribution that the energy efficiency of buildings has to make in meeting it. We must ensure that the energy efficiency standards we set through the Building Regulations for new homes put us on track to meet the 2050 target.</p><p>In October 2019, we launched the first stage of a two-part consultation on Part L and Part F of the Building Regulations, which proposed an ambitious uplift in the energy efficiency of new homes through the introduction of a Future Homes Standard from 2025. We expect that homes built to the Future Homes Standard will have carbon dioxide emissions 75-80 per cent lower than those built to current Building Regulations standards, which means they will be fit for the future, with low carbon heating and very high fabric standards. These homes will be ‘zero carbon ready’, with the ability to become fully zero carbon homes over time as the electricity grid decarbonises, without the need for further costly retrofitting work.</p><p>We will be publishing the Government response to the Future Homes Standard interim uplift consultation as soon as possible. This will set out a roadmap to the Future Homes Standard.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 18/12/2020 12:49:55 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey

1237550

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Accelerator Cities project in increasing low carbon home retrofit activity.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	95054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>We welcome all initiatives in this area but my Department does not collect this information.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 29/09/2020 16:06:02 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1230405

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Planning for the Future White Paper, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the proposal to require carbon neutral homes by 2050 on the UK's ability to deliver (a) the fourth and fifth carbon budgets, (b) net zero emissions before 2050 under the Climate Change Act 2008 and (c) an equitable contribution to the Paris Agreement goals.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	83745
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to meeting its target of net zero emissions by 2050. We have met our first two Carbon Budgets and our latest emissions projections show that we are on track to meet the third. However, we recognise the need for further action to meet the fourth and fifth Carbon Budgets, and in 2020-21 we will bring forward ambitious new plans throughout the year to reduce emissions across key sectors of the economy, including an Energy White Paper, Transport Decarbonisation Plan, and Heat and Building Strategy.</p><p>The Government recognises the important contribution that the energy efficiency of buildings has to make in meeting our net zero target. In October 2019, we launched the first stage of a two-part consultation on Part L and Part F of the Building Regulations, which proposed an ambitious uplift in the energy efficiency of new homes through the introduction of a Future Homes Standard from 2025. We expect that homes built to the Future Homes Standard will have carbon dioxide emissions 75-80 per cent lower than those built to current Building Regulations standards, which means they will be fit for the future, with low carbon heating and very high fabric standards. <br> <br>As a stepping stone to the Future Homes Standard, we have also consulted on a meaningful and achievable interim increase to the energy efficiency standards for new homes. The preferred option set out in consultation is a standard that should result in a 31 per cent further reduction in emissions, compared to current standards.</p><p>The introduction of the Future Homes Standard from 2025 represents a considerable improvement in energy efficiency standards for new homes. Homes built under the Future Homes Standard will be ‘zero carbon ready’, with the ability to become fully zero carbon homes over time as the electricity grid decarbonises, without the need for further costly retrofitting work. As indicated in <em>Planning for the Future</em>, a response to the Future Homes Standard consultation will be published in the autumn, and we intend to review the roadmap to ensure that implementation of the full Future Homes Standard takes place in the shortest possible timeline, as well as exploring options for the pathway to zero carbon homes, beyond 2025.</p><p>We will consult in the future on the technical detail, guidance and impact assessment for the introduction of the Future Homes Standard, which will include the estimated reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 83744 question first answered 09/09/2020 14:34:09 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1230403

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the cumulative effect of its proposal to require carbon neutral homes by 2050, on the level of carbon dioxide emissions from 2020 until 2050.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	83744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to meeting its target of net zero emissions by 2050. We have met our first two Carbon Budgets and our latest emissions projections show that we are on track to meet the third. However, we recognise the need for further action to meet the fourth and fifth Carbon Budgets, and in 2020-21 we will bring forward ambitious new plans throughout the year to reduce emissions across key sectors of the economy, including an Energy White Paper, Transport Decarbonisation Plan, and Heat and Building Strategy.</p><p>The Government recognises the important contribution that the energy efficiency of buildings has to make in meeting our net zero target. In October 2019, we launched the first stage of a two-part consultation on Part L and Part F of the Building Regulations, which proposed an ambitious uplift in the energy efficiency of new homes through the introduction of a Future Homes Standard from 2025. We expect that homes built to the Future Homes Standard will have carbon dioxide emissions 75-80 per cent lower than those built to current Building Regulations standards, which means they will be fit for the future, with low carbon heating and very high fabric standards. <br> <br>As a stepping stone to the Future Homes Standard, we have also consulted on a meaningful and achievable interim increase to the energy efficiency standards for new homes. The preferred option set out in consultation is a standard that should result in a 31 per cent further reduction in emissions, compared to current standards.</p><p>The introduction of the Future Homes Standard from 2025 represents a considerable improvement in energy efficiency standards for new homes. Homes built under the Future Homes Standard will be ‘zero carbon ready’, with the ability to become fully zero carbon homes over time as the electricity grid decarbonises, without the need for further costly retrofitting work. As indicated in <em>Planning for the Future</em>, a response to the Future Homes Standard consultation will be published in the autumn, and we intend to review the roadmap to ensure that implementation of the full Future Homes Standard takes place in the shortest possible timeline, as well as exploring options for the pathway to zero carbon homes, beyond 2025.</p><p>We will consult in the future on the technical detail, guidance and impact assessment for the introduction of the Future Homes Standard, which will include the estimated reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 83745 question first answered 09/09/2020 14:34:09 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas