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1002235

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date	05/11/2018
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	Social Rented Housing: Energy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what targets the Regulator of Social Housing has introduced to ensure Registered Social Landlords deliver improved energy efficiency in their homes to meet low carbon commitments.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL11256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>In 2018, the Government released the <em>The Clean Growth Strategy</em> which set a target to upgrade all fuel poor homes to Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) grade C by 2030 where practical, cost effective and affordable.</p><p>The Social Housing Green Paper consultation published this Summer asks what changes to the Decent Homes Standard we should consider, including changes arising from <em>The Clean Growth Strategy</em>.</p><p>The Regulator of Social Housing’s Home Standard sets out the required outcomes registered providers are expected to meet in terms of decent homes through the Decent Homes Standard.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 14/11/2018 15:41:01 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1002237

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Energy Performance Certificates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to modernise energy performance certificates so that home owners and landlords can make informed choices about how best to deliver low carbon homes.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL11258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>Energy performance certificates (EPCs) include recommendations for improving the energy efficiency of dwellings and other relevant buildings and are regularly updated to include new energy saving technologies. EPCs are subject to regular auditing and a recently revised set of operating requirements designed to ensure appropriate standards. We have also recently published a joint call for evidence with BEIS, which invited views on several suggestions to improve and modernise the EPC system.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 14/11/2018 15:40:02 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1175256

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
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: Energy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to require all new-build properties to be built to high energy efficiency standards of a minimum of Energy Performance Certificate C.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to meeting its of net zero emissions by 2050 and recognises the important contribution that the energy efficiency of buildings has to make in meeting it</p><p><br> By 2025, the government will introduce a Future Homes Standard for new build homes to be future-proofed with low carbon heating to create healthy homes that are fit for the future, with low carbon heating and world-leading levels of energy efficiency</p><p><br> As a stepping stone to the Future Homes Standard we are proposing a meaningful but achievable strengthening in these requirements in 2020.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 05/02/2020 15:45:52 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1175258

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
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	Floods
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the of the speed of recovery in the communities affected by the November 2019 floods.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government has been supporting local authorities from the outset of the November flooding. The Flood Recovery Framework was swiftly activated, to ensure that local authorities could implement local recovery schemes. In partnership with BEIS, the framework provides funding for local authorities to help affected residents and businesses to recover from the flooding, as well as reimbursements to local authorities for providing 100% council tax and business rates to these affected properties.</p><p>The Government also committed to matching up to £1 million of funds raised by the South Yorkshire Flood Disaster Relief Appeal Fund. We have pledged a further £300,000 of match-funding for other eligible areas affected by recent flooding, where the Flood Recovery Framework has been activated.</p><p>Government continues to engage with local partners to wholly understand the local situation and provide adequate support.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 03/02/2020 17:02:39 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1246900

registered interest
date	28/10/2020
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	Affordable Housing: Rural Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their statement that “there is a shortage of affordable housing, particularly for local workers” in rural areas in their response on 2 July 2019 to the report by the Select Committee on the Rural Economy Time for a strategy for the rural economy (HL Paper 330, Session 2017–19), what is the net increase in affordable homes in rural areas since July 2019.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL9724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>This Government believes that meeting the housing needs of rural communities is important and nearly 165,000 affordable homes have been provided in rural local authorities in England between April 2010 and March 2019.</p><p><br> We are investing £12.2 billion in affordable housing over 5 years from next year (2021-2026). This represents the highest single funding commitment to affordable housing in a decade. <br> <br> This investment includes the new £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme which will be delivered over 5 years from next year (2021-2026), providing up to 180,000 new homes across the country, should economic conditions allow. Homes England’s funding prospectus for this supports the delivery of rural housing, with the commitment of 10% of the housing delivered to be in settlements with a population fewer than 3,000. Furthermore, Homes England has dedicated rural housing champions in each of their operating areas and they remain active across the rural housing sector.</p><p>The department collects annual data on new affordable housing supply but does not collect all the data required on disposals of affordable housing that would allow to calculate the net change in affordable housing in rural areas.</p><p>The latest available official statistics on new affordable housing supply are for 2018-19. The publication of the statistics for 2019-20 has been provisionally pre-announced for 3<sup>rd</sup> December 2020.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 02/11/2020 16:31:29 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch