To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change who the members of the Warm Front Scheme Management Board are; and on what date (a) each was appointed and (b) the term of appointment of each expires. (257472)

The Warm Front Scheme Management Board oversees the delivery and performance of the Warm Front Scheme and its contribution to achievement of the fuel poverty and wider Government targets. The board meets on a quarterly basis. Member organisations of the board are:

Department of Energy and Climate Change—officials from the Fuel Poverty team and procurement

eaga plc—the Warm Front Scheme Manager

Wolseley—supplier of materials to the scheme

Graham group—supplier of materials to the scheme

White Young Green—the independent quality assessor for the scheme

National Energy Action—England’s leading fuel poverty charity

Consumer Focus—a customer advocacy body

All members have sat on the board since the start of the current contract in 2005, with the exception of Consumer Focus who were invited to the board in 2008 after the previous consumer advocacy member, Energy Watch, was disbanded. Members do not have a fixed term of appointment.

Individuals representing a member organisation may change from meeting to meeting. Members may also request permission to bring along technical representatives for certain agenda items.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract between his Department and Eaga for the management of the Warm Front scheme. (257475)

The release of this information would prejudice commercial interests.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how his Department assesses the value for money of services provided under the Warm Front scheme. (265378)

The Department employs independent quality assessors White Young Green who audit all aspects of Warm Front delivery to assess whether it provides value for money. This includes regular six monthly audit reports, as well as ad hoc projects which have included two reviews of Warm Front pricing.

The National Audit Office has also recently completed a Value for Money report on Warm Front, which is available from its website.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the average grant awarded under the Warm Front scheme was in each year since 2000. (266140)

The following table shows the average grant awarded to applicants to the Warm Front scheme since the beginning of its current phase in 2005. Consolidated data prior to 2005 are unavailable as the scheme was administered by two agencies, one of which is no longer involved with the scheme. As such, the data retained are not sufficient to provide an accurate average in earlier years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many people awarded Warm Front grants in (a) Shropshire, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England were asked to make an excess payment in 2008. (267763)

The data showing the number of people awarded Warm Front grants in (a) Shropshire, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England asked to pay a client contribution are given in the table. This is based on the most recent information available: the data run from 1 April 2008 to 6 March 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the average waiting time for work under the Warm Front scheme to be completed in the latest period for which figures are available. (268227)

The average waiting times since the start of the current scheme in 2005 until 28 February 2009 are detailed as follows. These waiting times are within the Department's contractual guidelines, which state that heating measures will be installed within 120 days of survey and insulation measures within 40 days.