Low Carbon Buildings Programme: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many grants have been awarded under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme for each month since April 2007; and what has been the total value of grants awarded in each month. (181127)

[holding answer 22 January 2008]: There have been 2,289 grant awards totalling £16,422,135 since April 2007, with the breakdown by phase and funding stream as shown in the following tables:

*Phase 1*
Householders
2007	Number	Amount (£)
April	0	0.00
May	301	320,770.01
June	295	275,202.49
July	242	229,978.76
August	203	166,705.40
September	213	182,713.00
October	194	175,743.00
November	198	189,345.00
December	120	125,236.00

*Communities*
2007	Number	Amount (£)
April	5	97,060.14
May	8	132,135.00
June	1	25,255.50
July	2	24,699.00

*Stream 2A*
2007	Number	Amount (£)
May	47	1,085,875
August	27	659,860
December	86	1,959,397

*Stream 2B*
2007	Number	Amount (£)
May	6	2,270,466
August	5	911,706
October	10	1,380,493

*Phase 2*
Public sector and charity organisations
2007	Number	Amount (£)
April	20	439,016.45
May	42	597,044.35
June	29	646,441.46
July	53	995,822.04
August	32	194,588.13
September	61	598,444.76
October	67	901,166.61
November	38	802,235.47
December	36	581,897.13

Volume 471: debated on Monday 4 February 2008