Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the risks of energy assessors carrying out fraudulent assessments of domestic properties in order for those properties to comply with Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards.

The Department recognises that there is a risk of fraudulent assessments for energy performance certificates. Accreditation Schemes are required to have Fraud Identification Plans that include informing the appropriate authorities if fraud is suspected. The EPC Action Plan sets out the Government’s intention to consider wider issues about the oversight and accountability of the EPC system including to deal with fraud issues in a more comprehensive way.