To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what grants, loans or other assistance is available to homeowners for renewable energy installation in their homes; whether local authorities will be required to provide assistance to homeowners for such installations; what incentive is proposed for landlords, including social landlords, to arrange for such installations; and if he will make a statement. (150282)

The Low Carbon Buildings Programme with a budget of £86 million over three years provides capital grants for the installation of microgeneration to households, schools, social and local authority housing, businesses, charities and the public sector. Further information on the programme can be found at:

www.lowcarbonbuildings.org.uk.

In addition, local authorities and regional development agencies have a key role to facilitate and support the uptake of microgeneration technologies through their powers and responsibilities for planning and regeneration. Further information can be found in the Heat and Distributed Generation chapter of the Energy White Paper, May 2007 at:

http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file39387.pdf.