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Keep track of Ministers' written and oral statments regarding energy performance certificates made to Parliament

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Written and oral answers from Government Ministers containing the phrase "energy performance certificates" sorted by most recent date first.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Home Information Packs (12 Jun 2007)

Yvette Cooper: ...shortly. From 1 August, assessors will also start work with four bedroom properties and larger. We are inviting councils and registered social landlords to work with us to pilot the introduction of Energy Performance Certificates on a voluntary basis in social housing.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Home Information Packs (11 Jun 2007)

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many home inspectors qualified to produce the energy performance certificates required in home information packs will be in place in time for the introduction of the packs on 1 June.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Home Information Packs (11 Jun 2007)

Yvette Cooper: Regulations relating to home information packs and the energy performance of buildings are being laid before Parliament today. These regulations will implement home information packs, including energy performance certificates, on a phased basis in England and Wales from 1 August 2007. The Home Information Pack (no. 2) Regulations 2007 include a number of transitional provisions that the...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Home Information Packs (11 Jun 2007)

Yvette Cooper: Regulations relating to home information packs and the energy performance of buildings are being laid before Parliament today. These regulations will implement home information packs, including energy performance certificates, on a phased basis in England and Wales from 1 August 2007. The Home Information Pack (no. 2) Regulations 2007 include a number of transitional provisions that the...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Home Information Packs (11 Jun 2007)

Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the (a) timetable is and (b) terms of reference are for the consultation on energy performance certificates; and if she will make a statement.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Home Information Packs (24 May 2007)

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much has been spent on the marketing and advertising campaign to promote home information packs and energy performance certificates which commenced on 25 March.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Home Information Packs (24 May 2007)

Yvette Cooper: ...and selling process. The only new element of the pack is the Energy Performance Certificate which is required as a consequence of European legislation. The Energy Savings Trust has established that energy performance certificates could save homeowners around £300 a year on their fuel bills. Any additional costs imposed are expected to be broadly offset by savings, including savings...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Home Information Packs (24 May 2007)

Yvette Cooper: The concession agreement was awarded to Landmark Solutions, part of Landmark Information Group Ltd to operate the register of Home Condition Reports and energy performance certificates for dwellings. Landmark operate this facility of behalf of Communities and Local Government by the way of a concession contract. The value of the concession agreement is entirely dependant on the volume of home...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Housing: Inspections (24 May 2007)

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) energy assessors and (b) home inspectors are qualified and available to produce energy performance certificates; and what estimate she has made of the number who will be qualified and available from 1 June 2007.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Housing: Inspections (24 May 2007)

Yvette Cooper: ....com) was down for maintenance for 10 minutes at 2.30 pm on Friday 18 May 2007 while the explanatory text for users was updated. The purpose of this site is to allow users to retrieve existing energy performance certificates and Home Condition Reports, or to verify assessors or inspectors to ensure they are accredited or certificated.

Energy White Paper (23 May 2007)

Lord Redesdale: ...and working with industry to reduce the amount of energy used. I hope that the Minister will take this opportunity to say how unfortunate it is that HIPs were delayed yesterday because of the energy performance certificates. On the DCLG's own figures, the delay will result in the release of about 250,000 extra tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The White Paper mentions renewables...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (23 May 2007)

Tony Blair: I most certainly will not advise —[ Interruption. ] I will not advise abandoning the programme or the home information packs at all.It is extraordinary that the Conservative party is opposing energy performance certificates —[ Interruption. ] Yes, it is absolutely typical. The right hon. Gentleman says that he cares about the environment, but when there is a specific measure to...

Home Information Pack Regulations 2007 (22 May 2007)

Lord Rosser: ...through providing information about a property on the issue. What evidence there is suggests that the most likely time for energy efficiency improvements to be made is when a property changes hands. energy performance certificates give homes an energy rating and, since more than 25 per cent of our carbon emissions come from our homes, addressing this point is relevantin acting against the...

Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill (22 May 2007)

Baroness Hamwee: ...regulations. I guess that it will be delayed in a similar manner, although I am not sure that I have heard that. The Minister will be aware that many noble Lords on this side are keen to see energy performance certificates introduced in an effective manner that is acceptable to the public.

Nice: Home Information Packs (22 May 2007)

Ruth Kelly: ..., I would like to update the House on the Government's proposals for the implementation of home information packs. It was the Government's intention to implement home information packs, including energy performance certificates, on 1 June. In debate last week, reference was made to the judicial review requested by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. That judicial review focused...

Housing: energy performance certificates (22 May 2007)

Housing: Energy Performance Certificates (22 May 2007)

Baroness Gardner of Parkes: asked Her Majesty's Government: How many home inspectors there are who are qualified to issue energy performance certificates required to market homes for sale after 1 June 2007; and how home owners wishing to sell privately will know how and where to make contact in their area.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Housing: Standards (21 May 2007)

Yvette Cooper: ...the implementation of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. The legislation for this was laid in Parliament in March 2007 and will come into force in a phased manner. From 1 October 2008, energy performance certificates will have to be given to tenants each time a home is rented out.

Points of Order: Housing (16 May 2007)

Nia Griffith: ...by an expert with the equipment to test features the average driver cannot examine. Just as no one now disputes the usefulness of MOTs, so the same will soon be true of home information packs and energy performance certificates.

Housing: Home Information Packs (9 May 2007)

Baroness Andrews: ...energy performance of buildings. We have responded in writing to the chairman of the committee and placed further evidence in the Library of the House to show how home information packs, including energy performance certificates, will benefit people buying or selling a home.

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Energy Efficient Homes (8 May 2007)

Yvette Cooper: ...for people, including through the energy efficiency commitment provided by energy companies, but more work needs to be done as part of the decent homes programme, and through the introduction of energy performance certificates, which we strongly support, but which, unfortunately, Opposition Members do not.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Home Information Packs (8 May 2007)

Yvette Cooper: The two Departments have had regular discussions on the introduction of home information packs, including recently on the potential for the development of green mortgages linked to energy performance certificates.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Housing: Energy (8 May 2007)

Lynne Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her proposals are for requiring energy performance certificates for (a) rented housing at the point of letting and (b) private housing at the point of sale.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Housing: Energy (8 May 2007)

Yvette Cooper: energy performance certificates for residential properties will not be recorded by the Land Registry.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Home Information Packs (2 May 2007)

Nicholas Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what assessment she has made of the conclusions and recommendations of the Better Regulation Commission's report energy performance certificates and Residential Property; and whether home information packs willbe introduced on 1 June; (2) whether her Department is proceeding with the requirement that energy performance...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Home Information Packs (17 Apr 2007)

Ruth Kelly: ...affecting costs are the searches and the energy performance certificate. Searches are already paid for in housing transactions at the moment and their cost varies substantially from area to area. Energy performance certificates are the only new element and could save buyers hundreds of pounds in fuel bills as well as having the potential to help them get access to green mortgages or grants...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Home Information Packs (16 Apr 2007)

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on what date (a) energy performance certificates and (b) home condition reports will become mandatory before a property can be put on the market.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Housing: Energy (16 Apr 2007)

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much has been allocated to the Energy Performance Certificates scheme for (a) start-up costs and (b) 2007-08.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Mortgages: Climate Change (16 Apr 2007)

Yvette Cooper: ...bodies who currently offer 'green mortgage' products, others have said they are interested in developing products. As the Chancellor stated in the Budget, the Government expect the introduction of Energy Performance Certificates and other initiatives to provide the potential for the market for 'green' financial products to develop further.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Housing: Energy Reports (26 Mar 2007)

Baroness Andrews: ...will be needed during 2008 to produce EPCs for commercial buildings and for those in the private and social rented sector. Home inspectors and domestic energy assessors will be able to produce energy performance certificates. Currently, 1,085 HIs have completed their HI examinations, with several hundred more nearing the end of their training. Since training courses for new domestic energy...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Housing: Energy Reports (12 Mar 2007)

Baroness Andrews: It is too early to give a definitive assessment of the impact that energy performance certificates will have on the property market. The introduction of energy performance certificates will for the first time allow prospective purchasers to compare the energy efficiency of properties. This in turn is expected to stimulate a market for more efficient properties, which may benefit from a more...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Housing: Energy (5 Mar 2007)

Yvette Cooper: ...measures in their rented properties. The Energy Efficiency Commitment and Warm Front schemes also encourage private landlords to take up energy efficiency measures. When they are introduced Energy Performance Certificates will also provide landlords with information on what measures they can take to raise the energy performance of their properties and the carbon emissions they will save.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Housing: Energy (5 Mar 2007)

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 29 January 2007, Official Report, column 1W, on energy performance certificates, whether she expects their cost to vary according to the size of a domestic property.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Housing: Energy Savings (26 Feb 2007)

Baroness Andrews: The Energy Performance of Building Directive (EPBD) calls for energy performance certificates to be made available when buildings are constructed, sold or rented out. Energy performance certificates (EPCs) will include not only ratings of energy efficiency and environmental impact but a set of recommendations as to how the owner can improve energy efficiency. They will also include more...

Energy Efficiency and Microgeneration Bill [HL] (23 Feb 2007)

Baroness Andrews: ...for consumers, but this is an opportunity to bring noble Lords up to date before I address the Bill. I am very grateful for noble Lords' support for home improvement packs, particularly for energy performance certificates, which are a crucial part. Last month, we published a home information packs update that outlined our plans for finalising the introduction. I assure the noble Lord, Lord...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Home Inspectors (20 Feb 2007)

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent estimate she has made of the number of trained home inspectors needed each year to produce the expected volume of (a) energy performance certificates (EPC) and (b) the non-EPC element of voluntary home condition reports once home information packs are operational.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Energy Performance Certificates (19 Feb 2007)

Energy Performance Certificates

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Energy-saving Design (19 Feb 2007)

Yvette Cooper: ...of sustainable energy technologies in Departments' buildings. The Government's forthcoming response to the Sustainable Procurement Task Force Action Plan will add further impetus in this area. Energy performance certificates for display purposes will be a requirement for all public buildings by January 2009 at the latest. In addition to the display certificates, all buildings will require...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Energy Performance Certificates (29 Jan 2007)

Energy Performance Certificates

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Energy Performance Certificates (29 Jan 2007)

Energy Performance Certificates

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Home Inspectors (15 Jan 2007)

Yvette Cooper: We estimate that from 1 June between 2,500 and 4,500 properly trained inspectors will be needed to produce Energy Performance Certificates required for Home Information Packs and voluntary Home Condition Reports.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Energy Performance Certificates (19 Dec 2006)

Energy Performance Certificates

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Home Condition Reports (18 Dec 2006)

Caroline Spelman: ...and Local Government (1) what estimate she has made of the number of voluntary home condition reports that will be purchased in each year from June 2007; (2) in which location the trials of energy performance certificates are taking place in November; (3) what her Department's expected expenditure is on the November 2006 trials of energy performance certificates; (4) how many areas...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Energy Performance Certificates (11 Dec 2006)

Energy Performance Certificates

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Energy Performance Certificates (6 Dec 2006)

Energy Performance Certificates

Orders of the Day: Communities and Local Government/Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (20 Nov 2006)

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Rented Accommodation (10 Oct 2006)

Greg Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether energy performance certificates will be required for rented accommodation.

Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Energy Performance Certificates (9 Oct 2006)

Energy Performance Certificates

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Energy Performance Certificates (9 Oct 2006)

Energy Performance Certificates

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Home Information Packs (9 Oct 2006)

Yvette Cooper: ...of Home Information Packs. Therefore Home Inspectors will still be needed and job opportunities for Home Inspectors remain for those who have undertaken training. Moreover, the introduction of Energy Performance Certificates for the private rented properties will further enhance these opportunities.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Home Information Packs (9 Oct 2006)

Yvette Cooper: ...of Home Information Packs. Therefore Home Inspectors will still be needed and job opportunities for Home Inspectors remain for those who have undertaken training. Moreover, the introduction of Energy Performance Certificates for the private rented properties will further enhance these opportunities.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Home Information Packs (9 Oct 2006)

Yvette Cooper: ... 366,100 Between June 2007 and November 2007 779,100 Between June 2007 and May 2008 1,627,100 The number of trained home inspectors across England and Wales who will be required to produce energy performance certificates and the optional home condition reports for sellers will vary with seasonal demand and the local housing market. It is estimated that between 2,500 and 4,500...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Home Information Packs (9 Oct 2006)

Yvette Cooper: Home Condition Reports and Energy Performance Certificates will be lodged on an electronic register. Landmark Solutions has been chosen as the preferred bidder to set up the electronic register, which is expected be operational by November 2006.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Home Information Packs (9 Oct 2006)

Yvette Cooper: ...of Home Information Packs. Therefore Home Inspectors will still be needed and job opportunities for Home Inspectors remain for those who have undertaken training. Moreover, the introduction of Energy Performance Certificates for the private rented properties will further enhance these opportunities.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Home Inspectors (9 Oct 2006)

Yvette Cooper: ...of Home Information Packs. Therefore Home Inspectors will still be needed and job opportunities for Home Inspectors remain for those who have undertaken training. Moreover, the introduction of Energy Performance Certificates for the private rented properties will further enhance these opportunities.

Housing: Home Information Packs (25 Jul 2006)

Baroness Andrews: ...authorised document rather than a mandatory item. There are significant employment opportunities for those in training as home inspectors, and properly trained inspectors will be needed to produce energy performance certificates required for packs. This is in addition to the number of inspectors needed to meet the demand for voluntary full home condition reports.

Royal Assent: Home Information Packs (19 Jul 2006)

...the interests of consumers; further believes that Home Information Packs (HIPs) will cut waste and duplication and speed up transactions for consumers; applauds the proposed inclusion in HIPs of Energy Performance Certificates which will give buyers and sellers vital information about the energy efficiency of homes and practical suggestions about how to cut fuel bills and carbon emissions;...

Points of Order: Opposition Day [Un-allotted day] — Home Information Packs (19 Jul 2006)

Yvette Cooper: ...the interests of consumers; further believes that Home Information Packs (HIPs) will cut waste and duplication and speed up transactions for consumers; applauds the proposed inclusion in HIPs of Energy Performance Certificates which will give buyers and sellers vital information about the energy efficiency of homes and practical suggestions about how to cut fuel bills and carbon emissions;...

Written Ministerial Statements — Communities and Local Government: Home Information Packs (18 Jul 2006)

Yvette Cooper: ...owners with important energy efficiency information about their homes to help them cut fuel bills and carbon emissions. This is vital as homes account for 27 per cent. of Britain's carbon emissions. Energy Performance Certificates will provide clear information about the energy efficiency of homes and how that can be improved. The Energy Saving Trust estimate that following the advice in...

Written Ministerial Statements — Communities and Local Government: EU Energy Performance of Building Directive (14 Jun 2006)

Yvette Cooper: ...We are rolling out this programme shortly with energy certificates in home information packs and making a separate statement about this today. We will adopt a system of calculated asset ratings when energy performance certificates are required upon construction, sale or rent and to allow for the use of operational ratings, derived from measured energy consumption, for those obliged to...

Home Information Packs (24 May 2006)

Yvette Cooper: ...not aware. That affects many first-time buyers. People may be prevented from taking on debts that they cannot sustain or afford because they did not know something about the property in advance. Energy performance certificates will also be provided. The hon. Member for Cotswold (Mr. Clifton-Brown) referred to energy efficiency information. That is extremely important. The new system is a...

Energy Efficiency (S&T Report) (27 Apr 2006)

Baroness Sharp of Guildford: ...by including condensing boilers, but where developers cut costs by installing conventional boilers; a study by De Montford University revealed that 98 per cent of builders were failing to display energy performance certificates, required by the 2002 revision of Building Regulations; hot water cylinders in the Flagship Home in Westminster"— which we visited— "had only the most...

Written Answers — Deputy Prime Minister: Sustainable Buildings (24 Apr 2006)

Yvette Cooper: ...Homes, including the possibility of mandatory assessments against all Code requirements. We will also introduce mandatory assessment of energy efficiency in all new homes to be included in Energy Performance Certificates.

Written Answers — Deputy Prime Minister: Buildings (Energy Performance) (20 Dec 2005)

Yvette Cooper: There is a three year derogation period within the directive to apply fully the requirements for energy performance certificates and plant inspection. In the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's Press Notice of 13 September, the Government signalled that it proposed to use this derogation as there will not be sufficient numbers of suitably qualified inspectors in place by January 2006. We...

Written Answers — Deputy Prime Minister: Homebuyers Information Pack (20 Dec 2005)

Yvette Cooper: ...they cannot afford. Create a more efficient housing market—thus facilitating greater flexibility and labour mobility. Deliver the European Directive requirement for sellers to provide energy performance certificates to home buyers. The home condition report in the pack will contain an energy efficiency report and certificate. This will assist the delivery of the Government's target of...

Housing Bill (17 Nov 2004)

Keith Hill: ...still exist. If a suspension order were to be made affecting the duties under clause 138, therefore, this would not prevent special arrangements from being made for the timing of the production of energy performance certificates, if that were deemed necessary.

Energy Efficiency (10 Sep 2003)

Elliot Morley: ...should not apply to office accommodation. That makes absolute sense, but the wording is not clear and we are looking to clarify it. The hon. Gentleman also described how article 7 requires building energy performance certificates whenever buildings are constructed, sold or rented out, and said that, in certain circumstances, it calls for building owners to display certificates prominently....

Homes: Energy Efficiency (12 Mar 2003)

Lord Evans of Temple Guiting: ...force on 4th January 2003 and allows three years, until January 2006, to effect transposition—with a possible further three years for full application of some provisions, including those on energy performance certificates.