To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent estimate his Department has made of the average waiting time for the installation of (a) heating and (b) insulation measures under the Warm Front scheme in (i) Mid Bedfordshire constituency, (ii) Bedfordshire, (iii) the East of England and (iv) England, Wales and Northern Ireland in each year since the scheme's inception. (317703)

The following tables show the average waiting time (in working days) for the installation of (a) heating and (b) insulation measures under the Warm Front scheme in (i) Mid Bedfordshire constituency, (ii) Bedfordshire, (iii) the East of England in the current scheme year, and (iv) England in each year since the scheme's inception.

Average timescales quoted for years 2005-09 run from the completion of the technical survey to the completion of works. Timescales for the current scheme year run from the allocation of work to a registered installer to the completion of work following a change in recording processes under the revised contract for the scheme's delivery.

Neither the Department nor eaga, the scheme manager, has previously grouped data by constituency or county: as such, the regional data for 2005 to 2009 are not available. However, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Hazel Grove (Andrew Stunell) on 1 December 2009, Official Report column 717W, which presents the average timelines for heating and insulation work by each local authority area between May 2008 and November 2009.

Fuel poverty is a devolved issue and the Warm Front scheme operates in England alone: as such, it is not possible to provide data for Wales and Northern Ireland.