To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many grants have been made through the Domestic Low Carbon Buildings Programme; and what proportion of valid applications this represented. (164039)

[holding answer 15 November 2007]: To 9 November 2007, 7,793 applications for support have been received and 6,593 offers of support have been made (85 per cent. of all applications).

Of these offers 3,407 grants have been made, representing 52 per cent. of all offers and 2,072 have been withdrawn by the applicant or have expired representing 31 per cent. of all offers. In addition some 26 of the 6,593 valid applications have been rejected at the claim stage as a result of not meeting the terms and conditions of the programme. The remainder (1,088, 17 per cent.) have not yet applied for payment of grant.