HC Deb 28 January 1985 vol 72 cc7-9W
Mr. Frank Field

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report a table giving, by quarter since their inception, for Wales (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 cost of the programme and (c) the number of dwellings insulated under the home insulation scheme and a breakdown of tenancies to whom

Local Authority Energy Conservation Programme* Homes Insulation Scheme
Number of dwellings Payments made Number of grants Amount of grant paid Number of 90 per cent. grants Amount paid on 90 per cent. grants
£ £ £
1978–79
1st quarter 1,759 73,000
2nd quarter 5,007 200,000
3rd quarter 6,129 195,000 5,815 221,000
4th quarter 8,134 442,000 7,983 321,000
1978–79 Total 21,029 910,000 13,798 542,000
1979–80
1st quarter 5,108 220,000 4,636 200,000
2nd quarter 9,307 315,000 2,527 127,000
3rd quarter 7,340 323,000 5,085 201,000
4th quarter 5,245 573,000 7,644 345,000
1979–80 Total 27,000 1,431,000 19,892 873,000
1980–81
1st quarter 4,213 139,000 3,385 155,000
2nd quarter 4,119 159,000 2,543 128,000 108 8,000
3rd quarter 3,089 182,000 5,951 357,000 1,503 115,000
4th quarter 3,653 209,000 6,632 391,000 1,575 £122,000
1980–81 Total 15,074 689,000 18,511 1,031,000 3,186 245,000
1981–82
1st quarter 6,192 379,000 1,238 101,000
2nd quarter 4,656 299,000 1,079 87,000
3rd quarter 6,751 430,000 1,511 127,000
4th quarter 7,929 514,000 2,007 172,000
1981–82 Total 25,528 1,622,000 5,835 487,000
1982–83
1st quarter 5,915 403,000 1,620 149,000
2nd quarter 6,764 488,000 2,186 194,000
3rd quarter 7,713 587,000 2,205 214,000

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.

Mr. John Stradling Thomas

The available information is given in the following tables. Details of the type of body carrying out the work and of the type of tenancy are not collected centrally.

Local Authority Energy Conservation Programme* Homes Insulation Scheme
Number of dwellings Payments made Number of grants Amount of grant paid Number of 90 per cent. grants Amount paid on 90 per cent. grants
£ £ £
4th quarter 9,720 730,000 2,554 239,000
1982–83 Total 30,112 2,208,000 8,565 796,000
1983–84
1st quarter| | 6,571 434,000 1,825 149,000
2nd quarter| | 6,184 480,000 1,835 171,000
3rd quarter| | 7,005 490,000 1,669 152,000
4th quarter| | 1,704 4,996 362,000 3,279
1983–84 Total 24,756 1,766,000 8,608
1984–85
1st quarter| | 176 5,280 445,000 1,343
2nd quarter| | 577 3,987 290,000 877
* The collection of these data was discontinued in 1981–82 and partly reintroduced in 1984
† Homes insulation scheme was introduced in September 1978
‡ These data have not been collected centrally since the beginning of 1984
| |Provisional

Homes Insulation Scheme Allocations—Wales 1978–79 to 1984–85
Public Private
£ million £ million
1978–79 1.295 1.242
1979–80 1.439 1,473
1980–81 No specific Allocation 1.136
1981–82 No specific Allocation 1.500
1982–83 No specific Allocation 2.196
1983–84 No specific Allocation 1.965
1984–85 No specific Allocation 3,772