To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many households within the City of Sunderland received assistance under the Warm Front programme in 2008-09; and how many such households he estimates will receive such assistance in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. (301729)

The number of households who received assistance in the City of Sunderland under Warm Front in 2008-09 is 1,651.

The number of households who have received assistance within the City of Sunderland under the Warm Front programme in the period 1 April 2009 until 31 October 2009 is 1,217.

Estimates are not compiled on an individual city or local authority basis and therefore figures are not available for the remainder of 2009-10 or the period of 2010-11.