Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department consulted the Energy Efficiency Taskforce on the decision to introduce new minimum energy efficiency standards for the private rented sector before the taskforce was disbanded.
The Department consulted regularly with the Energy Efficiency Taskforce to develop a pathway to reduce total UK energy demand by 15% from 2021 levels by 2030.