To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what criteria his Department use to assess the cost-effectiveness of energy efficiency required to obtain EPC band C; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what criteria his Department use to assess the affordability of energy efficiency measures required to obtain EPC band C; and if he will make a statement.

The Clean Growth Strategy set out our aspiration that as many homes as possible will be upgraded to an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) Band C by 2035, where practical, cost-effective and affordable. Alongside the Clean Growth Strategy, we issued a call for evidence on building the market for energy efficiency, and will shortly be publishing an action plan, that will set out a range of measures to shape the market for the future in line with that aspiration. As part of the Action Plan we will set out our approach to meeting the criteria of cost-effectiveness and affordability set out in the aspiration.