§ Mr. BestTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will upgrade the existing decent homes standard for all social sector housing to address fuel poverty. [167770]
§ Keith HillThe Office of the Deputy Prime Minister does not intend to change the standard. To meet the decent homes standard, a home must have efficient heating as well as effective insulation. We are confident that the decent homes target will deliver significant improvements to the energy efficiency of the social housing stock taking many households out of fuel poverty.
Delivery of the decent homes target will improve the heating and/or insulation of 1.3 million homes owned by local authorities and housing associations.