§ Mr. Heddleasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report all grants available to householders for energy conservation and home insulation.
§ Sir George YoungGrants under the homes insulation scheme are available towards the cost of insulating the lofts of dwellings with less than 30mm of existing insulation, together with the associated lagging of tanks and pipes in the loft and the provision of a hot water tank jacket.
Supplementary benefit recipients may obtain from local DHSS offices single payments for draught proofing materials and hot water tank jackets.
In addition the Energy Efficiency Office makes seedcorn and pump-priming grants to voluntary bodies who carry out measures such as loft insulation and draught stripping.