§ Mr. McKelveyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how much a nation-wide comprehensive loft and house insulation programme would cost.
§ Sir George YoungAny estimate can only be taken as a very broad indication and is susceptible to change over the long period of implementation due to unpredictable variables such as fuel prices, rates of investment, changing methods and standards, and scale and speed of application.
At 1982 prices it would cost about £18.0 billion to carry out loft insulation, hot water tank insulation, solid wall insulation, cavity fill, double glazing and draught
250Wgrant has been split between tiers, the table should be used with great caution, for it is impossible to provide consistent figures at district level.
stripping measures, in dwellings needing treatment in 1980. Not all these measures are cost effective at the present time.
This figure is extrapolated from published evidence presented last year by the Building Research Establishment to the Select Committee on Energy. The first three columns of the table on page 54 of the BRE booklet R.4/81 refer and I have arranged for a copy to be placed in the Library.
§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for the Environment from the inception of the public sector insulation programme for the Kirklees metropolitan borough council and the Oldham metropolitan borough council to the latest date, what has been (a) the allocated 251W expenditure, (b) the actual expenditure, (c) the percentage allocation spent, (d) the number of houses insulated and (e) the percentage of the local authority stock they comprise; and what details he has for the projected average national expenditure on the scheme.
§ Sir George YoungI invite the hon. Member to get in touch with Kirklees and Oldham metropolitan borough councils for information on the public sector insulation programmes in their areas.
I have no projections of average national expenditure on the programme. Local authorities are now free to devote as much of their block capital allocations as they wish to insulation work in their own dwellings.
£ million outturn prices 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82* Central Lancashire 2.1 4.6 3.8 4.1 7.4 Milton Keynes 4.0 4.3 7.4 2.9 1.3 Runcorn 1.1 0.4 1.1 0.6 1.6 Telford 2.0 3.5 2.9 3.4 2.3 Northampton 1.5 2.4 3.0 2.0 1.0 Peterborough 1.5 3.4 4.6 2.1 0.1 * (estimated) Total industrial floor space completed each year by the development corporations directly or through partnerships with financial institutions, and by others on land brought into development by the corporation was as follows:
Thousands Square Metres 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82* Central Lancashire 12.0 24.0 38.0 34.0 70.0 Milton Keynes 70.0 85.0 73.0 111.0 150.0 Runcorn 22.0 35.0 43.0 32.0 22.0 Telford 11.0 23.7 80.9 8.6 41.4 Northampton 25.0 27.0 44.0 119.0 41.0 Peterborough 35.5 21.5 26.1 56.7 77.0 * (estimated) Over this period the estimated average total number of jobs created by the corporations each year, and the proportion of these in industry, was:
Jobs created per year approx percentage in industry Central Lancashire 550 100 Milton Keynes 2,800 60 Runcorn 350 65 Telford 1,500 70 Northampton 550 75 Peterborough 1,400 45 These figures are in line with expected performance.
§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if his Department keeps statistics of promotional advertising by any new town development corporation.
§ Mr. StanleyThe Department keeps records of each corporation's total publicity expenditure, and this information is published in their annual reports. Separate statistics for promotional advertising are not generally collected.