Question follow-through · 831
Buildings: Solar Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, by what date she intends to make it a requirement that all new homes and buildings should have solar panels as default except in defined cases; and by what date she will issue gu
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 19 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 23 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 29 Jul 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, by what date she intends to make it a requirement that all new homes and buildings should have solar panels as default except in defined cases; and by what date she will issue gu
23 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Jul 2024
Answer published
As set out in our manifesto, the Government will take steps to ensure we are building more high-quality, well-designed and sustainable homes. We will publish our response to the Future Homes and Buildings Standards 2023 consultation in due course.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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Homelessness
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Sleeping Rough
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