§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many heating installations undertaken by(a) TXU Warm Front Ltd. and (b) Eaga Partnership were completed in each of the last four quarters for which information is available; what proportion were found to be (i) unsafe and (ii) requiring remedial work; and what was the (A) average and (B) longest wait for remedial work to be completed. [43568]
§ Mr. Meacher[holding answer 18 March 2002]: The number of electric and gas heating installations carried out for each quarter of 2001 were:
Quarter TXU Eaga Total 1 2,715 8,112 10,827 2 5,131 12,574 17,705 3 5,287 11,513 16,800 4 5,907 15,567 21,474
The number and percentage of inspected installations found to be unsafe and those requiring remedial work during each quarter in that period Remedial work required Quarter Number inspected Of which unsafe Number Percentage TXU 1 384 1 92 24 2 950 1 128 13 3 1,696 7 180 11 4 1,379 5 136 10 Eaga 1 4,158 1 544 13 2 4,260 1 513 12 3 7,152 4 1,023 14 4 9,927 2 1,238 13 All gas fired central heating installations are subject to inspection after installation. A percentage of other installations are also subject to inspection.
Those jobs identified as requiring remedial work were deemed to have failed on inspection.
Information on waiting times for remedial works to be carried out is not available in this format.