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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help support private sector tenants whose landlords object to their requests for home insulation.

We encourage all households to improve the energy efficiency of their homes where they can. Furthermore, in relation to the current PRS MEES Regulations, tenants already may request their landlord’s consent to make energy efficiency improvements at their own expense and the landlord has a duty not to unreasonably refuse a request.

To help households afford improvement of energy measures, including insulation, we are providing taxpayer subsidy of £6 billion this Parliament and a further £6 billion to 2028 on making buildings cleaner and warmer. That is in addition to the £5 billion that will be delivered through the Energy Company Obligation (ECO4) and the Great British Insulation Scheme up to March 26. We have supported households with up to half their energy costs last winter and continue to support the most vulnerable through the Warm Home Discount, which is £150 to 3 million households.