§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how may householders are currently on a waiting list for assistance under the home energy efficiency scheme; how long he estimates it will take for these householders to have work under the scheme carried out; and if he will make a statement. [27556]
§ Mr. Robert B. JonesI estimate that installers now have, on average, about 36 weeks' work from the 310,000 expressions of interest recorded by Eaga Ltd, the scheme managers. The queue will be tackled efficiently to return average waiting times to the lengths for which the scheme is rightly well regarded.