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Warm Front Scheme

Volume 482: debated on Tuesday 4 November 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the average waiting time is for (a) heating and (b) insulation installations under the Warm Front scheme; and how many households were on the waiting list for such installations in each of the last six months. (227382)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Jarrow (Mr. Hepburn) on 8 July 2008, Official Report, column 1476W.

Contractual timelines for insulation and heating for the Warm Front scheme are less than 40 and 120 days respectively. Average timelines over the first two quarters of this year (1 April-30 September 2008) were ahead of the contractual requirement at 38 and 63 days respectively. All of the households referred to in the answer given to my hon. Friend were on the waiting list for such installations in each of the last six months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assistance his Department makes available under the Warm Front Scheme to park home residents. (229913)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Lancaster and Wyre (Mr. Wallace) on 15 October 2008, Official Report, column 1223W.