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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of whether the costs of implementing (a) the revised Decent Homes Standard and (b) energy efficiency requirements for (i) housing association and (ii) council social housing will result in higher borrowing and debt.

Final stage impact assessments for the new Decent Homes Standard and Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards in the Social Rented Sector can be found on gov.uk here and here.