Energy Efficiency and Local
Department for Business, Energy &
Industrial Strategy
1 Victoria Street
London
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Mr Ben Youriev
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Our ref : EIR2021/07824
07 May 2021
Dear Mr Youriev,
Thank you for your email of 9th March 2021 where you requested the following information:
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am requesting documents that contain the
following information:
1) Please provide submissions to the BEIS consultation on Improving the energy performance
of privately rented homes conducted between September 2020 and January 2021 from the 16
companies (or their parent companies and/or subsidiaries) listed below if available;
•
Barratt / Barratt Development
•
Persimmon / Persimmon Homes
•
Taylor Wimpey
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Bellway
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Redrow
•
Countryside Properties
•
Galliford Try
•
Vistry Group (formerly Bovis Homes/Bovis)
•
Berkeley Group
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Crest Nicholson
•
Miller Homes
•
Bloor Homes
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Keepmoat Homes
•
Kingspan Group
•
Knauf Insulation
•
Rockwool
2) Please provide submissions to the BESI consultation on Improving the energy performance
of privately rented homes conducted between September 2020 and January 2021 from the 8
organisations listed below if available;
•
Home Builders Federation
•
National Federation of Builders
•
Federation of Master Builders
•
British Property Federation
•
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
•
Country Land and Business Association (formerly Country Landowners’ Association)
•
Insulation Manufacturers Association
•
Confederation of Business Industry
We have considered your request in accordance with the Environmental Information
Regulations 2004 (‘the EIRs’) as the information you request falls within the definition of
‘environmental information’ in the EIRs.
BEIS response
The department can confirm that BEIS received responses to the consultation on improving the
energy performance of privately rented homes in England and Wales
(https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/improving-the-energy-performance-of-privately-
rented-homes) from the following 7 organisations:
• Federation of Master Builders (FMB)
• Kingspan
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
• British Property Federation (BPF)
• Country Land and Business Association (CLA)
• Insulation Manufacturers Association (IMA)
• Rockwool
Results were retrieved via a search of the organisation name, as provided, in the consultation
inbox and on digital platform Citizenspace searching by organisation. All respondents have
been contacted and agreed to their consultation being fully disclosed, as attached.
Some information has been redacted as it constitutes personal information and is being
withheld under Regulation 13 of the EIRs.
Regulation 13 Personal information
Some information constitutes personal data and has been withheld. Regulation 13(1) of the
EIRs provides an absolute exemption for personal data which then falls to be dealt with under
the Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018. Personal data of third parties can only be disclosed in
accordance with the data protection principles. In particular, the first data protection principle
requires that disclosure must be lawful, fair and transparent and must comply with one of the
conditions at Article 6(1) the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) .We do not think
that it is lawful, fair and transparent to release the names of third parties
and do not think that
any of the relevant conditions apply.
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review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of
the response to your original request and should be addressed to the Information Rights &
Records Unit. It would be helpful if you can tell us why you are dissatisfied with the response to
your request so we may address this during the internal review.
Information Rights & Records Unit
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET
Email
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Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly
to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Complaints can be made to the Information
Commissioner via their website at:
https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/official-information-
concerns-report/official-information-concern/. Yours sincerely,
Domestic private rented sector team
Energy Efficiency and Local
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