Housing: Energy

Mr. Stewart Jackson
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.

Mr. Ian Austin
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:

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