Written question asked by Christopher Chope (Conservative) on Wednesday, 7 March 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 13 March 2001. It was answered by Michael Meacher (Labour) on Tuesday, 13 March 2001 on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many people in each of the four areas of England established for the purpose of administering the home energy efficiency scheme (a) have had new boilers fitted and (b) have had boilers repaired since June 2000; and how many are currently waiting for (i) boiler repairs and (ii) new boilers. - Table given. (Holding answer 12 March 2001).

Answer: Mr. Chope: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many people in each of the four areas of England established for the purpose of administering the home energy efficiency scheme (a) have had new boilers fitted and (b) have had boilers repaired since June 2000; and how many are currently waiting for (i) boiler repairs and (ii) new boilers. [153472] Mr. Meacher: [holding answer 12 March 2001]: The table sets out the number of households that have had work completed and those where orders have been placed: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of households that require new heating Number of households that required repairs to systems including boiler existing heating systems Scheme manager Fitted and invoiced Order with Repairs completed Those awaiting Those awaiting installer and invoiced (of repair{1} replacement boiler which require {1} replacement boiler) Eaga (Lot1) 736 891 1,439 (469) 739 458 Eaga (Lot 3) 2,161 3,639 2,912 (1,117) 1,845 1,102 Eaga (Lot 4) 1,092 3,216 2,265 (811) 1,107 808 Eastern (Lot 2) 1,956 3,952 1,358 (459) 1,986 4,879 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Due to the one to six week delay between the completion of the work and the issue of invoices by contractors it is likely that work has already been completed in some of these households.

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