§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for Energy how many local authorities or other housing agencies have responded to his suggestion that they should take advantage of the job creation programme to sponsor schemes for the insulation of their housing; how many such projects were approved; how many were refused; and how many are still under consideration.
§ Dr. John A. CunninghamTo the end of March 1977, 102 local authority and other housing agencies had made a total of 104 applications under the job creation programme for housing roof insulation projects. Of these 61 were approved, one was rejected and 23 applications were still under consideration at that date. The 19 remaining applications had been withdrawn. Figures for the second quarter will be available shortly, and I shall send them to my hon. Friend.
§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for Energy what progress he has made in devising a comprehensive scheme enabling local authorities to insulate their housing stock by making use of the various training and work experience programmes for school leavers.
§ Dr. John A. CunninghamThe Department of Energy is now conducting, jointly with other Departments, a major review of possible further Government action to promote energy conservation. This includes consideration of ways to secure economic levels of insulation in buildings, including those of local authorities.
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§ Dr. John A. CunninghamDisconnections of gas and electricity consumers for non-payment of accounts during the past four quarters are given in the following table. In the case of gas, separate figures for domestic and non-domestic consumers are not available.
§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list those local authorities and other housing agencies which have submitted approved job creation schemes for the insulation of their housing stock, indicating the number of homes involved in each.
§ Dr. John A. CunninghamDetails of housing roof insulation projects submitted by local authorities and other housing agencies and approved under the job creation programme as at 31st March 1977 are given below:
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No. of houses Monklands DC … 16,000 Eastwood DC … 320 East Kilbride & Stonehouse Dev Corp … 113 Caithness DC … 4,000 Dundee DC … 500 Edinburgh DC … 2,500 Kirkcaldy DC … 500+ Aberdeen DC … 763 Grampian Regional Council … 31 Livingstone Dev. Corp. … 3,500 Glenrothes Dev. Corp. … 500+ Sedgefield DC … 1,063 N. Tyneside MBC … 1,100 Tyne & Wear CC … 1,000 Scunthorpe BC … 500 Sheffield CC … 220 Richmond DC … 220 Grimsby BC … 171 Graven DC … 550 Fylde BC (2 applications) … 312 S Ribble BC … 629 Rochdale MBC … 1,000 Manchester CC … 1,187 Rossendale BC … 60 Trafford MBC … 50 Congleton BC … 280 Liverpool CC … 400
Dudley MBC … 1,700 Lichfield DC … 230 E Lindsay DC … 600 Chesterfield BC … 500 Coventry CC (2 applications) … 2,458 Shrewsbury & Atcham BC … 650 Hereford CC … 350 Salop CC … 13 Redditch Dev. Corp. … 1,484 Ogwr BC … 326 Arfon BC … 114 Rhondda BC … 3,500 Aberconwy BC … 3,000 Cardiff CC … 300 Gwent CC … 20 Merthyr Tydfil BC … 1,000 Mendip DC … 867 Wimborne DC … 2,000 Norwich CC … 1,000 Haringey BC … 1,500 Welwyn Hatfield DC … 700 Oxford CC … 500 Great Yarmouth BC … 600 Ipswich BC … 800 Waveney DC … 700 North Norfolk DC … 500 South Wight BC … 400 Arun DC … 500 Watford BC … 500 Tendring DC … 1,400 Hounslow BC … 1,000 Medway BC … 200