Question follow-through · 123022
Housing: Solar Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to include solar panels as a default requirement in the Future Homes Standard.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 23 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 27 Mar 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to include solar panels as a default requirement in the Future Homes Standard.
25 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Future Homes Standard (FHS) was published on 24 March 2026. The Future Homes Standard will require new homes to achieve very low carbon emissions and high levels of energy efficiency. Although the FHS is performance based, and does not mandate specifi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Council Tax: Fires
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Council Tax: Fires
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Fire Stations: Closures
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