Asked by: David Drew (Labour (Co-op) - Stroud)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Regulator of Social Housing has estimated how much providers will spend on increasing the energy efficiency of their housing stock over the next (a) five and (b) 10 years.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The Regulator of Social Housing does not produce estimates of, or collect information on, future spending on energy efficiency by housing providers.
Asked by: David Drew (Labour (Co-op) - Stroud)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of buildings with a total floor area between 250 and 1,000 square metres which are required to possess a display energy certificate; and what proportion of those buildings are compliant to date.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
There is no recent estimate of the number of public authority buildings between 250 and 1,000 square metres which are required to possess a Display Energy Certificate (DEC). The current number of DECs for buildings of between 250 and 1,000 square meters, including voluntary DECs, is 29,209.
Asked by: David Drew (Labour (Co-op) - Stroud)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the spending by social housing providers on reducing fuel poverty over the next (a) five and (b) 10 years.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The Department has made no such estimates.
The Regulator of Social Housing requires that homes in the social housing sector meet the Decent Homes Standard, which includes having efficient heating and effective insulation. It is for providers of social housing to make decisions on how and when they maintain and improve their stock.
In 2017, expenditure on all maintenance and major repairs by private registered providers of social housing (mainly housing associations and excluding local authorities) was £4.8 billion. The Social Housing Green Paper is considering a review of the Decent Homes Standard that includes criteria on thermal comfort.
We are investing £9 billion in the Affordable Homes Programme, which will deliver 250,000 affordable homes by March 2022
Asked by: David Drew (Labour (Co-op) - Stroud)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of spending by social housing providers on increasing the energy efficiency of their housing stock over the next (a) five and (b) 10 years.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The Department has made no such estimates.
The Regulator of Social Housing requires that homes in the social housing sector meet the Decent Homes Standard, which includes having efficient heating and effective insulation. It is for providers of social housing to make decisions on how and when they maintain and improve their stock.
In 2017, expenditure on all maintenance and major repairs by private registered providers of social housing (mainly housing associations and excluding local authorities) was £4.8 billion. The Social Housing Green Paper is considering a review of the Decent Homes Standard that includes criteria on thermal comfort.
We are investing £9 billion in the Affordable Homes Programme, which will deliver 250,000 affordable homes by March 2022
Asked by: David Drew (Labour (Co-op) - Stroud)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much Homes England plans to spend on increasing the energy efficiency of housing stock over the next (a) five and (b) 10 years.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
Homes England funding supports the delivery of homes through many forms of construction that deliver energy efficient homes. Recognising that building more homes using modern methods of construction can deliver good-quality homes with higher energy efficiency to buyers, we are keen to see house builders embrace innovation and take advantage of new technologies to provide better quality homes to consumers and give them greater choice. Small and medium sized builders who use modern methods of construction to deliver homes can apply for funding from our £4.5 billion Home Building Fund.
Budgets for the next 10 years will be set in due course.