Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to take steps to require domestic renewable energy generators installed in new build homes after 2025 to be installed to Microgeneration Certificate Scheme standards.

The Future Homes Standard is intended to ensure that new homes use low carbon heating and have very high levels of energy efficiency.

The Building Regulations will continue to set a performance-based standard rather than mandating or banning the use of any technologies, to enable innovation and tailoring to individual sites.

We intend to consult on the technical specification of the Future Homes Standard in due course. As part of that, we will explore what installation standards are appropriate.