To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much new funding for the Low-carbon Buildings Programme announced in Budget 2009 there will be in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) subsequent years. (285098)

The new £45 million funding for the Low Carbon Buildings Programme announced in Budget 2009 will be allotted over (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) subsequent years as follows:

There is no planned expenditure after 2011. The Low Carbon Buildings Programme will be superseded by Feed in Tariffs in 2010 and Renewable Heat Incentives in 2011.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when the first payments of money from the new funding for the Low-carbon Buildings Programme announced in Budget 2009 will be made. (285099)

The new grant funding under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme became available from 1 July 2009 when new applications were welcomed. With a lead in period of approximately three months between grant offer letter and payment upon completion of project—the first payment of grant money allocated is expected to be in October 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what proportion of the new funding for the Low-carbon Buildings Programme announced in Budget 2009 will be made available for solar photovoltaic installations in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) subsequent years. (285100)

The proportion of the new £45 million funding for Low Carbon Buildings programme (LCBP) announced in Budget 2009 which will be made available for solar photovoltaic applications under LCBP Phase 2 in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) subsequent years is as follows:

There is no planned expenditure after 2011. The Low Carbon Buildings programme will be superseded by feed in tariffs in 2010 and renewable heat incentives in 2011.