§ Ms LynneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment to what extent the local grant finance settlement for 1996–97 makes allowance for the differing amounts of fuel required to heat identical properties throughout Britain on the basis of the Building Research Establishment domestic energy model. [16063]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe main use of the Building Research Establishment domestic energy model is a design tool for comparing the energy consumption of different building designs. It would therefore be inappropriate to include it in the formulae for distributing revenue support grant.