Warm Front Scheme

Greg Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the total value of grants made under (a) the Warm Front and (b) the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme was in each of the last five years. (231276)

The Warm Front spend since the scheme’s inception in 2000 is outlined as follows:

Scheme year	Approximate total spend/budget (£ million)
2000-01	72
2001-02	197
2002-03	163
2003-04	164
2004-05	166
2005-06	192
2006-07	320
2007-08	350

Fuel poverty is now a devolved issue and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) does not hold the appropriate data for the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme in Wales (HEES Wales).

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many (a) applications for grants and (b) grants were made under (i) the Warm Front and (ii) the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme there have been in each of the last five years. (231278)

The following table illustrates, by scheme year, (a) the number of applications made to the Warm Front Scheme from households both eligible and not eligible for assistance, and (b) the number of households assisted in each year, since 2003-04.

*Warm Front Scheme (England all)*
Scheme year	Total applications made	Total households assisted
2003-04	¹182,852	188,974
2004-05	¹199,423	208,084
2005-06	221,259	173,184
2006-07	355,987	253,079
2007-08	390,621	268,900
¹ Figures do not include those applications made in the Eastern region where the scheme was being delivered by Powergen.

Fuel poverty is now a devolved issue and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) does not hold the appropriate data for the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme in Wales (HEES Wales).

Volume 482: debated on Tuesday 11 November 2008