Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an estimate of the total number of breaches of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards in each year since 2019.

The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015 (‘the PRS Regulations’) confers the power to enforce the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards to local authorities for private rented properties.

The PRS Regulations do not require enforcement authorities to publish or make available details of their enforcement activities and they are not required to report this to the Government. It is upon the discretion of the domestic enforcement authorities to publish compliance penalties on the Private Rented Sector Exemptions Register.