§ Mr. Frank Fieldasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report a table giving, by quarter since their inception, for England (a) the number of dwellings insulated under the local authorities energy conservation programme and a breakdown of the body which completed the work, (b) the 553W cost of the programme and (c) the number of dwellings insulated under the home insulation scheme and a breakdown of tenancies to whom the grants were paid, (d) the amounts of the payments, (e) the number of 90 per cent. grants paid and their costs and (f) the financial allocation for each of the past financial years to each of these schemes and the allocation for the current financial year.
§ Sir George YoungAvailable quarterly figures of numbers of dwellings in England insulated under the energy conservation programme and the home insulation scheme, from third quarter 1979 to third quarter 1984, appear in "Housing and Construction Statistics" tables 2.18 of issue 7, 2.16 of issue 12 and 2.17 of issue 19 which also contains estimated payments from third quarter 1982; the earlier figures of numbers under the home insulation scheme are in table 2.16 of issue 4.
Copies of these publications are in the Library. The sub-division of energy conservation work according to the organisation carrying out the work has not been collected since the second quarter 1984.
The other information requested is as follows:
Energy conservation programme: work completed by: thousand dwellings Quarter Direct labour Contractor Special temporary employment programme All 1978 2 0.9 2.5 2.0 5.4 3 4.7 7.3 4.6 16.6 4 33.3 32.0 27.6 93.0 1979 1 30.4 71.5 28.5 130.3 2 16.1 61.8 24.8 102.7 554W
Quarter Energy conservation programme Capital payments £ million
Home insulation scheme Grant payments £ million
1978 2 0.2 — 3 0.8 — 4 3.3 3.4 1979 1 9.0 5.3 2 4.6 3.1 3 6.4 2.4 4 6.4 4.1 1980 1 12.6 4.7 2 3.5 2.7 3 3.3 1.8 4 3.8 4.4 1981 1 3.1 5.7 2 1.4 5.0 3 1.3 4.6 4 2.6 5.6 1982 1 6.4 6.3 2 1.7 5.5
Home insulation scheme: 90 per cent, grants paid Quarter Thousand dwellings Payments: £ million 1980 4 21.1 1.6 1981 1 23.1 2.0 2 20.0 1.5 3 19.0 1.5 4 22.1 1.8 1982 1 23.0 2.4 2 23.1 2.1 3 21.6 2.2 4 26.3 2.1 1983 1 27.0 2.6 2 15.8 1.6 3 14.4 1.3 4 19.7 1.5 1984 1 19.3 2.1 2* 13.4 1.2 3* 11.2 1.2 * Provisional.
Allocations to Local Authorities Energy conservation programme £ million
Home insulation scheme £ million
1978–79 24.2 19.3 1979–80 28.1 25.5 1980–81 * 16.7 1981–82 * 24.6 1982–83 * 32.8 1983–84 * 31.9 1984–85 * 31.5 * No separate allocations.