Official Statistics

Energy Performance of Building Certificates in England and Wales: January to March 2026

Official Statistics on Energy Performance of Buildings Certificates in England and Wales.

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
• Published: 23 April 2026
• Last updated: 19 May 2026 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

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Energy Performance of Buildings Certificates Statistical Release: January to March 2026 England and Wales

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Energy Performance of Buildings Certificates: technical notes

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-performance-of-buildings-certificates-in-england-and-wales-technical-notes/energy-performance-of-buildings-certificates-in-england-and-wales-technical-notes

Details

Statistics based on Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) issued for domestic buildings only. The certificates are lodged on the Energy Performance of Buildings Register (EPB) for England and Wales.

Revision

Due to a processing error in the allocation of local authorities EPC statistics published on 23 April 2026 has been revised. An error was identified in a lookup table that allocated local authorities to a postcode. As a result the number of unknown local authorities increased, which led to errors in the allocation of countries due to postcodes on the borders of Scotland, Wales and England. Therefore, some certificates were allocated to local authorities in Wales, which when revised were then allocated to England. Overall the scale of the revision was small, given the number of records overall is over 2 million. See the statistical release or live tables for more information on the impact of this revision.

Published 23 April 2026

Last updated 19 May 2026 + show all updates

1. 19 May 2026

   Due to a processing error in the allocation of local authorities EPC statistics published on 23 April 2026 has been revised. An error was identified in a lookup table that allocated local authorities to a postcode. As a result the number of unknown local authorities increased, which led to errors in the allocation of countries due to postcodes on the borders of Scotland, Wales and England. Therefore, some certificates were allocated to local authorities in Wales, which when revised were then allocated to England. Overall the scale of the revision was small, given the number of records overall is over 2 million. See the statistical release or live tables for more information on the impact of this revision.

2. 12 May 2026

   Please note Q1 2026 will be revised shortly due to processing issues found in allocating local authorities to this quarter's data. This should not affect the national figures, only regional and local authority. At present we have removed the Local Authority tab of the live tables

3. 23 April 2026

   First published.