§ Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Prime Minister if she will cause a study to be made of the way in which taxation policy could be more efficiently co-ordinated with the incentives provided by the Department of the Environment to encourage the insulation of houses, for example by tax remission or by direct grant.
§ The Prime MinisterGrants for householders for loft insulation and associated lagging are already available under the homes insulation scheme administered by local authorities. These grants benefit people on lower incomes, including pensioners. The Government do not consider it appropriate to provide additional assistance through tax reliefs.