HC Deb 14 June 2004 vol 422 cc612-3W
Norman Baker

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the outturn budget was that she and her predecessors supplied to fund the Energy Saving Trust in each year from 1997–98 to 2004–05, expressed in April 2004 money. [173464]

Mr. Morley

Defra outturn budgets (rounded to the nearest £ million) for the Energy Saving Trust in each year were converted to 2004–05 money using HM Treasury GDP Deflator.

£ million
1998–99 22
1999–2000 26
2000–01 25
2001–02 26
2002–03 25
2003–04 25

Figures for 1997–98 cannot be immediately provided. I will write to Mr. Baker as soon as this information is available. The EST's outturn for 2004–05 will not be known until after the end of the current financial year, but they have been offered Defra grant funding of about £24 million.

Norman Baker

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funds she supplied for the Warm Front programme in 2001–02, expressed in April 2004 money; and what the budget for the Warm Front programme is for 2004–05. [173466]

Mr. Morley

The Warm Front budget in 2001–2 was £152 million. Due to a carry over of £45 million from 2000–01, the final budget was £97 million.

In 2004, the £152 million would equate to approximately £164 million and the £197 million to £214 million.

Funding for the current financial year for fuel poverty will be around £166 million.