§ Mr. Maddenasked the Secretary of State for Wales what impact the capital expenditure restriction introduced in Wales on 2 December 1983 has had on the number of loft insulation grants paid out under the home insulation scheme.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsWithin the allocation for insulation grants issued to local authorities, grants for that purpose are mandatory and were therefore not affected by the restraint called for in December 1983. Only 93 per cent. of the total allocation was spent. The restraint would, however, have prevented any topping up which individual authorities may have wished to make but it is impossible to quantify this.