To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on what date he expects the first Pay as You Save pilot to commence. (303511)

The Home Energy Pay As You Save pilot projects will be announced shortly. Work on the pilot projects will begin immediately following that announcement. We expect the first properties to receive measures in the new year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many households he expects to be included in the Pay as You Save pilots in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) subsequent years. (303513)

We anticipate up to 500 households being involved in the Home Energy PAYS pilots, the actual number will depend on the level of investment required for each property. Retrofitting these properties will be undertaken over the financial year 2009-10 and 2010-11. The capital funding for the pilots ends in April 2011 and therefore no further households will be included after that date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he expects to announce the locations at which the first Pay as You Save pilots announced in Low Carbon Transition Plan will take place. (303514)

The Home Energy Pay As You Save pilot projects will be announced shortly.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what role his Department plans for local authorities in the Pay as You Save pilots announced in the Low Carbon Transition Plan. (303515)

One of the objectives for the Home Energy PAYS pilots is to test consumer attitudes and preferences to elements of the Pay As You Save model. We are looking for at least one of the projects to include the local authority as the billing route and the major delivery partner.