HC Deb 24 July 1996 vol 282 cc332-3W
Mr. Wallace

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer of 11 June,Official Report, column116, how many of the 372,000 households registered for home energy efficiency grants at 1 April have not had the work carried out, what estimate he has made of the time scale required to clear the backlog of applications; and if he will make a statement. [37918]

Mr. Clappison

At the end of June, 334,691 pre-registrations remained on the list. Not all of these will result in claims for grant; but if they were to do so, and the current pattern and rate were maintained, all the pre-registrations would be cleared in less than 10 months. Over 140,000 HEES grants were paid in the first quarter of this year, of which some 37,000 were to people who had pre-registered their interest.

Mr. Wallace

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many households to date have taken up the 25 per cent. grant payable under the home energy efficiency scheme. [37919]

Mr. Clappison

By 30 June 1996, 129 such grants had been paid.