Department for Energy Security and Net Zero written question – answered at on 16 April 2026.
Abtisam Mohamed
Labour, Sheffield Central
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to incentivise the installation of insulation to reduce private rented sector tenants’ energy Bills.
Martin McCluskey
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Warm Homes Plan will cut Bills, with an offer for every household, whether they own their home, rent privately, or live in social housing. We will reach up to five million homes by 2030, through direct support for those on low incomes and in Fuel Poverty, grants and innovative low-interest finance available to all.
The Warm Homes: Local Grant is accessible to those living in privately rented accommodation, subject to eligibility. We are also standing up for renters through our new minimum energy efficiency standards in the private and social rented sectors, which will lift around 650,000 households out of fuel poverty.
From 1 October 2030, private rented homes must meet the required standard, or have a valid exemption registered in order to be let.
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A household is said to be in fuel poverty when its members cannot afford to keep adequately warm at reasonable cost, given their income.
