{"value":{"id":765844,"askingMemberId":411,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2017-10-06T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2017-10-10T00:00:00","uin":"105993","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that landlords do not avoid compliance with the minimum energy standards for rented homes.","answeringBodyId":201,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":3974,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2017-10-24T00:00:00","answerText":"<p><em>The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property)(England and wales) Regulations 2015</em> require that, subject to certain exemptions, domestic and non-domestic private rented sector landlords improve their properties to a minimum energy efficiency rating of E from April 2018.</p><p>The Department has recently published guidance to assist landlords of domestic property in complying with their obligations under the regulations, and has commenced discussions with Local Authorities to support them in fulfilling their enforcement duties. The Department has also launched a landlord exemptions register, a requirement of the Regulations, which will be used by enforcement authorities to help target their enforcement activities.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Energy: Rented Housing","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/765844","method":"GET"}]}