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Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Answer

Mr. Bennett: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many applications have been made under the new home energy saving scheme; how many have been accepted; how many have been completed; and what the average wait is between application and completion of the work. [160264] Mr. Meacher: The information requested is set out in the table. While the average wait is calculated as being 108 days, since the scheme started on 1 June 2000, there have been instances when householders have had to wait much longer, especially for heating measures. We are working with the Home Energy Efficiency scheme managers to reduce the time taken to install measures. Since January the average waiting time has been reduced to 59 days. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number Applications submitted to date 323,244 Applications accepted 263,359 Households where work has been completed 111,985 Average time taken between application and date of work (days){ 1} {2}108 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Measured from date of call with respect to telephone applications; from date of receipt in the case of postal applications; or from date of e-mail. {2} This is the average since the start of the scheme on 1 June 2000. Since 1 January the average time taken to completion of works has fallen to 59 days.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

368 c33W; 160264

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Applications Conservation Administrative delays Housing Energy Households Warm front scheme Repairs and maintenance

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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