§ Mr. WattsTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will publish the regional reports on the performance of the home energy efficiency scheme. [22891]
§ Mr. MeacherThe home energy efficiency scheme (HEES), now marketed as The Warm Front Team, is administered by two scheme managers, TXU Warm Front Ltd. (responsible for the Eastern, East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber) and Eaga Partnership Ltd. (responsible for the rest of England).
Eaga Partnership provides information (under publications) on its website: www.eaga.co.uk. TXU Warm Front, www.txuwarmfront.co.uk, is currently constructing a website, which will include data on performance. DEFRA's website, www.defra.gov.uk (under energy efficiency), will shortly be updated to identify average waiting times, by area, for insulation and heating measures and general performance delivery information for HEES.
§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many(a) HEES and (b) HEES Plus grants were paid out in each local authority area in each month since June 2000; and what targets were set for the number of grants to be paid out over the period in order to meet her Department's target of 800,000 grants received by 2004. [19374]
§ Mr. Meacher[holding answer 29 November 2001]: The volume of information requested is such that I will write to the hon. Member separately, and place a copy of the letter and the data in the Library of the House.
The home energy efficiency scheme has an overall target of improving 800,000 properties in the period 2000–04. Between June 2000 and March 2002, the scheme has a target of improving 400,000 properties.