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Written question asked by Alan Simpson (Labour) on Monday, 7 September 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 14 September 2009. It was answered by John Healey (Labour) on Wednesday, 16 September 2009 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.


Energy Performance Certificates

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 1 September 2009, Official Report, columns 1837-8W, on housing: energy, how many energy performance certificates in respect of properties (a) of each tenure type and (b) in each region have been issued to date.
Answer

The number of energy performance certificates (EPCs) registered for all homes in England and Wales up to and including 9 September 2009 (the latest date for which figures are available) and broken down by tenure type and region is as set out in the following table.

Transaction type Eastern region East midlands London North-east North-west South-east South-west West midlands Yorkshire and Humber Wales
Marketed sale 88,562 65,951 86,443 37,573 99,442 130,358 90,312 73,427 73,155 44,606
New dwelling 5,514 4,901 4,521 1,782 5,168 7,711 6,054 3,856 3,703 2,945
Not recorded 2,156 1,868 2,460 1,009 3,064 4,841 1,946 1,206 1,598 610
Non-marketed sale 2,851 2,736 3,697 3,125 7,313 4,384 2,960 2,953 3,508 1,108
Not recorded 116,707 85,393 137,289 56,746 149,493 179,032 124,020 90,837 102,404 47,043
Not sale or rental 346 355 1,407 136 653 1,103 254 269 384 144
Rental (private) 75,217 57,340 142,702 27,946 75,997 123,075 72,038 53,772 62,049 26,092
Rental (social) 30,604 26,471 45,213 26,669 54,783 37,023 22,296 38,475 34,746 15,037
Note:
These figures exclude a small number of homes for which no postcode information was included at the time that the EPC was lodged on the register.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
496 c2210W; 291114
Session
2008-09
Related items
Housing: Energy
Tuesday, 1 September 2009
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Energy performance certificates
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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