Public Expenditure Justine Greening To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the (a) £100 million in capital funding brought forward to 2009-10 and (b) £50 million of capital spending brought forward from 2010-11 to 2008-09 on the number of homes in which energy efficient and heating measures will be installed under the Warm Front programme; and how much of the funding has been spent in each month since it was announced. Mr. Kidney On 11 September 2008, the Government announced an increase to Warm Front funding of £74 million (2008-09: £50 million and 2009-10: £24 million). Funding for the scheme increased further on 24 November 2008 through the pre-Budget report process with an additional £50 million for years 2008-09 and 2009-10. As part of the pre-Budget report, Warm Front spend was re-profiled to bring forward £50 million from 2010-11 to 2009-10. The following table details a breakdown of the monthly spend for this additional funding and the number of households assisted. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Spend (£000)|Number of households assisted| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Pre-Budget report 2008-09 (£50 million) | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |December 2008 |10,119 |3,362 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |January 2009 |9,847 |4,850 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |February 2009 |14,234 |4,804 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |March 2009 |15,800 |21,674 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |50,000 |34,690 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Pre-Budget Report 2009-10 (£50 million) + £50 million brought forward from 2010-11| | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |April 2009 |43,273 |17,690 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |May 2009 |56,044 |19,982 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |June 2009 |— |— | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |99,317 |37,672 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Home Energy Savings Programme 2008-09 (£50 million) | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |October 2008 |9,806 |8,138 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |November 2008 |9,514 |8,138 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |December 2008 |14,584 |8,153 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |January 2009 |10,855 |7,893 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |February 2009 |4,953 |— | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |March 2009 |288 |— | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |50,000 |32,322 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Home Energy Savings Programme 2009-10 (£24 million) | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |April 2009 |— |— | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |May 2009 |10,286 |1,022 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |June 2009 |2,997 |3,878 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |13,283 |4,900 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------