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To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) repairs and (b) upgrades of heating systems were undertaken as part of the Warm Homes Scheme in each year since 2001, broken down by parliamentary constituency; and what the costs were of each installation.

Asked by

Peter Robinson (Democratic Unionist Party)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 February 2006

For answer on

16 February 2006

Answered on

27 February 2006

In the interests of health and safety and to ensure that all systems are fully energy efficient, all central heating repair and upgrade work carried out under the Warm Homes Scheme has been to new system standard. A repairs specification, to be used in situations where existing systems in need of repair can otherwise operate safely and efficiently, was introduced in November 2005 and to date 43 repair jobs have been carried out across Northern Ireland.Information on the number of systems, provided since 2001, which includes repairs and upgrades, is as follows. Information on the specific costs of each installation is not available.

	2001–02			2002–03			2003–04
	Number	Value (£)	Number	Value (£)	Number	Value (£)
Belfast East	42	99,684.14	90	209,776.42	105	245,947.00
Belfast North	85	191,085.37	131	296,713.17	173	389,366.18
Belfast South	12	27,898.78	57	129,619.85	83	197,903.66
Belfast West	92	206,692.80	119	266,950.27	134	314,460.09
East Antrim	18	44,753.49	96	242,973.99	93	252,174.15
East Londonderry	14	37,367.99	123	357,268.11	62	191,617.49
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	81	231,251.14	186	541,502.08	146	440,525.97
Foyle	24	73,631.19	120	357,267.24	86	242,744.99
Lagan Valley	22	61,344.24	78	203,771.14	113	322,545.62
Mid Ulster	69	200,885.74	125	359,626.79	97	296,876.17
Newry and Armagh	29	76,086.35	121	338,436.25	154	471,015.23
North Antrim	38	102,431.25	98	287,971.79	70	213,750.26
North Down	27	69,149.74	76	190,680.61	79	202,585.34
South Antrim	17	49,024.45	47	128,148.17	76	218,302.23
South Down	66	185,137.73	160	465,180.81	185	599,273.59
Strangford	21	56,428.68	59	166,394.57	117	340,170.10
Upper Bann	105	287,152.95	91	262,539.50	124	368,879.83
West Tyrone	49	134,020.17	131	379,259.25	135	402,200.84
Total	811	2,134,026.20	1,908	5,184,080.01	2,032	5,710,338.74

	2004–05			2005 to end January 2006
	Number	Value (£)	Number	Value (£)
Belfast East	158	405,728.28	86	256,986.23
Belfast North	222	533,056.56	150	406,509.38
Belfast South	101	273,702.78	53	145,942.90
Belfast West	232	655,183.39	172	484,054.47
East Antrim	141	360,302.85	106	286,157.93
East Londonderry	150	445,893.31	117	380,797.76
Fermanagh and South Tyrone	242	744,461.97	244	842,589.12
Foyle	200	613,700.13	138	475,151.24
Lagan Valley	93	282,143.85	97	341,687.22
Mid Ulster	236	766,134.55	225	793,139.43
Newry and Armagh	375	1,248,156.61	233	804,703.98
North Antrim	135	402,520.19	151	511,117.15
North Down	105	267,929.98	124	367,856.80
South Antrim	172	476,092.19	153	462,833.75
South Down	229	765,567.88	183	648,386.61
Strangford	102	283,764.59	80	244,561.11
Upper Bann	276	823,615.22	165	523,636.21
West Tyrone	189	585,311.19	156	538,036.27
Total	3,358	9,933,265.52	2,633	8,514,147.56

Date

27 February 2006

Reference

52883; 443 c400-2W;443 c400-2W

House

House of Commons

Severe Weather (Elderly People)

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans are in place to ensure that elderly people in Northern Ireland are protected from the worst effects of prolonged and severe winter weather.

Asked by

Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

30 November 2005

For answer on

5 December 2005

Answered on

5 December 2005

There are a number of measures in place to protect the elderly from the effects of severe winter weather. The warm homes scheme offers a range of heating and insulation measures to make homes more energy efficient and help save on fuel bills. Since it began in 2001, the warm homes scheme has assisted over 25,000 vulnerable households in the private sector and continues to make a major contribution towards improving the quality of life of those in fuel poverty. To strengthen our commitment to warm homes, funding for the scheme has increased from just under £3 million in 2001 to just under £15 million in the current financial year and despite the many pressures on public funding the target of 8,250 participants each year continues to be achieved.Those who live in public sector homes are also supported by the Housing Executive's maintenance and improvements programmes which include measures to address fuel poverty.Winter fuel payments are available to people aged 60 or over who are ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland. These payments of £200 are paid to all eligible households. Households which include people aged 80 or over can receive an extra payment of £100. During the winter 2004/05, 230,553 households in Northern Ireland benefited from winter fuel payments amounting to £49.7 million.In addition cold weather payments provide extra help towards heating costs for the poorest and most vulnerable members of our society, including pensioners receiving pension credit, in periods of exceptionally cold weather.The cold weather payment is made automatically to people awarded pension credit when the average temperature is recorded as, or forecast to be, 0 degrees Celsius or below over seven consecutive days at the weather station linked to the customer's postcode. Savings are not taken into account and Cold Weather Payments are paid in addition to winter fuel payments.This year the Government are also making Age-Related Payments to help pensioners with their rates bills or other living expenses. People aged 65 or over and not in receipt of the guarantee credit element of pension credit, could receive £200 per household to help with rates bills. Pensioners are free to use it towards heating costs. People aged 70 or over and in receipt of the guarantee credit element of pension credit could receive 50 to help with their living expenses such as heating bills. Age-Related Payments will be paid together with winter fuel payments.

Date

5 December 2005

Reference

34445; 440 c1080-1W;440 c1080-1W

House

House of Commons

Warm Homes Scheme

(2) what the average cost per heating system fitted to date has been in each parliamentary constituency as part of the Warm Homes Scheme in Northern Ireland.

Asked by

Peter Robinson (Democratic Unionist Party)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 November 2005

Reference

440 c638W;440 c638W; 33079

House

House of Commons

Warm Homes Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many homes are waiting for (a) a heating system and (b) insulation measures to be fitted in each parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland as part of the Warm Homes Scheme.

Asked by

Peter Robinson (Democratic Unionist Party)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 November 2005

Reference

440 c639W;440 c639W; 33077

House

House of Commons

Warm Homes Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many homes had heating systems fitted as part of the Warm Homes Scheme in each year since 2001 in Northern Ireland, broken down by Parliamentary constituency.

Asked by

Peter Robinson (Democratic Unionist Party)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

24 November 2005

For answer on

28 November 2005

Answered on

30 November 2005

The information requested is as follows:

Number of households in receipt of heating systems⁽⁵⁴⁾
	Financial year
Constituency	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06
Belfast East	42	91	92	138	76
Belfast North	85	132	150	172	117
Belfast South	12	58	79	89	45
Belfast West	92	121	126	195	128
East Antrim	18	96	88	98	88
East Londonderry	14	124	55	129	98
Fermanagh/South Tyrone		81	188	137	186	219
Foyle	24	121	69	178	103
Lagan Valley	22	79	110	79	87
Mid-Ulster	69	125	93	196	180
Newry and Armagh	29	121	146	351	195
North Antrim	38	98	64	101	119
North Down	27	77	76	78	96
South Antrim	17	47	71	123	124
South Down	66	161	179	204	154
Strangford	21	59	110	82	65
Upper Bann	105	92	112	226	144
West Tyrone	49	132	122	153	128
⁽⁵⁴⁾ This includes those households which received both heating and insulation measures.

Date

30 November 2005

Reference

440 c639W;440 c639W; 33076

House

House of Commons

Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many houses in the public sector in Northern Ireland are deemed inadequate by district housing offices due to poor heating and insulation.

Asked by

Iris Robinson (Democratic Unionist Party)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 November 2005

Reference

440 c226W;440 c226W; 32096

House

House of Commons

Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many private dwellings in Northern Ireland have been allocated heating and insulation grants in each of the last five years.

Asked by

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown (Democratic Unionist Party)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 November 2005

Reference

439 c1998W;439 c1998W; 30124

House

House of Commons

		£
	Average cost
Financial year	Per heating system	Per insulation
2001–02	2,628.48	349.92
2002–03	2,826.06	347.31
2003–04	2,991.95	377.33
2004–05	3,385.05	458.59
2005–06	3,675.85	483.67
⁽⁵²⁾ July to 31 March.
⁽⁵³⁾ To date.

	Numbers awaiting heating measures
Number awaitinginsulation measures	New systems	Repairs/upgrades
1,608	93	1,340

Year of scheme	Number of homes in Northern Ireland
July 2001 to 31 March 2002	3,146
Year ending 31 March 2003	7,484
Year ending 31 March 2004	7,144
Year ending 31 March 2005	8,557
Up to 14 November 2005	5,612

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