To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much he has allocated to the green homes service for (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. (211018)

Government will be providing over £100 million in the next three years to the Energy Saving Trust to develop a proactive green homes service, based on the Act on CO₂ advice line and a regional network of one stop shops. In this year alone, DEFRA is providing the Energy Saving Trust with £35.2 million, £24.5 million of which will be specifically for the Act on CO₂ advice line and the roll out of the regional advice centres. Funding for 2009-10 and 2010-11 has yet to be confirmed.