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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had recent discussions with the (a) Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on improving (i) insulation and (ii) energy efficiency of homes.

The energy retrofit policy is primarily led by the Department for Energy and Industrial Strategy. DLUHC continue to work closely with BEIS and the new DLUHC ministerial team look forward to engaging with BEIS colleagues on this. The energy efficiency rating of the housing stock in England has improved from an average of E in 2008 to D in 2020, and the proportion of homes in the lowest energy efficiency bands F and G has fallen from 16.9% in 2008 to 2.7% in 2020.