Housing: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate his Department has made of the average Energy Performance Certificate rating of a house built to Code for Sustainable Homes Level (a) 1, (b) 2, (c) 3, (d) 4, (e) 5 and (f) 6. (319134)

From the information we have available, the average Energy Performance Certificate rating of houses built to the Code for Sustainable Homes various levels are as follows:

Code Level	Average EPC rating
1	84
2	87
3	87
4	89
5	100
6	100

Volume 506: debated on Tuesday 2 March 2010