Question follow-through · 8745
Housing: Solar Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will amend the Future Homes and Buildings Standards to ensure that all newbuild homes include solar photovoltaic panels.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 11 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 15 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 21 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will amend the Future Homes and Buildings Standards to ensure that all newbuild homes include solar photovoltaic panels.
15 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Oct 2024
Answer published
Future standards next year will set our new homes and buildings on a path that moves away from relying on volatile fossil fuels and ensures they are fit for a net zero future. This will support our ambition that the 1.5 million homes we will build over th...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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