To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of homes under multiple occupancy that are covered by the regulations fobidding landlords to let properties that are below Energy Performance Certificate E after 2018.

Around 400,000 domestic private rented properties in England and Wales fall under the definition of a house in multiple occupation (HMO), out of around 4.2m properties that are in the private rented sector. HMOs, and rooms let on an individual basis within an HMO, are in scope of the minimum energy efficiency standard regulations where the property has an EPC. It is not possible to estimate the total number of HMOs that may be affected by the minimum energy efficiency standard regulations as the government does not hold information on the number of HMOs that have an EPC.