To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the availability of Warm Front grants in (a) England and (b) Solihull; and how many people took up those grants in each area in the last period for which figures are available. (145599)

All private sector households in England, where the owner or tenant is in receipt of a Warm Front qualifying benefit, have the potential to qualify for Warm Front.

Of the 253,079 households assisted in 2006-07, 463 were in the Solihull constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how Warm Front has drawn up its pricing structure for the installations of new boilers and central heating systems; and whether his Department was (a) consulted or (b) involved in other ways in the development of the structure. (145851)

Both the labour and the material costs of all Warm Front work has been subject to a competitive tender (in line with EU regulations). My Department has been central to these processes.