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Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what the overall figure is for savings on energy efficiency for England based on the returns reported by individual local authorities under the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995. - Includes ref to 26 January 2001 at 361...

Asked by

Lynne Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 May 2001

Reference

368 c30W; 160116

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what heat insulation standards for pipework are being required of new buildings at (a) GCHQ and (b) Ministry of Defence headquarters; and what plans he has to adopt a standard higher than BS5422.

Asked by

Tom Levitt (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 May 2001

Reference

158808; 367 c716W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what consultations he has had about the suitability of BS5422 as a heat insulation standard; and if he will assess the benefits of raising the level of heat insulation for pipework specified in BS5422.

Asked by

Tom Levitt (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 May 2001

Reference

158809; 367 c587W

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will insist on a pipework heat insulation standard higher than BS5422 in government PFI and PPP programmes.

Asked by

Tom Levitt (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

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Answered

Date

30 April 2001

Reference

158810; 367 c514W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what standard of heat insulation is specified for pipework in PFI projects in his Department. - There are no PFI heating or building projects in the Department.

Asked by

Tom Levitt (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Employment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 April 2001

Reference

151655; 367 c118W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Statement on what progress is being made to combat fuel poverty amongst pensioners. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Ian Davidson (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

28 March 2001

For answer on

2 April 2001

Answered on

2 April 2001

Mr. Davidson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what progress is being made to combat fuel poverty among pensioners. [156574] Mr. Meacher: On 23 February 2001, the Government published its Fuel Poverty Strategy for consultation. The Strategy sets out our commitment to end the blight of fuel poverty for vulnerable households--which includes pensioners on low incomes--by 2010. The Government have already taken action to tackle the main causes of fuel poverty--low income and poor energy efficiency--to help those suffering from fuel poverty. The Winter Fuel Payment, which has been increased to £200 for this winter, will help many older households in, or at risk from, fuel poverty. For the poorest pensioners we have introduced the Minimum Income Guarantee, which is already helping 1.6 million pensioner households. We have also reduced the level of VAT on fuel and on the installation of energy saving materials, so that people can more easily afford to keep warm. Further reductions in energy bills have resulted from the reform of the energy market. But the permanent solution is to provide better insulation and heating. We have made available substantial additional capital funds for housing investment by local authorities. We have also launched our radical new Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (HEES). The scheme now provides grants for packages of heating and insulation improvement measures, including high efficiency central heating systems for low-income households aged 60 years or more. With a budget of over £600 million, HEES is expected to have reached some 800,000 vulnerable households by 2004, 480,000 being over-60s. In addition, the Energy Efficiency Standards of Performance schemes (EESOPs) run by the energy suppliers have been doubled to some £50 million a year. Around two-thirds of this help is going to pensioner and low-income families. From 2002 the Government are proposing to increase the scale of the scheme, to around £150 million a year, continuing its focus on disadvantaged consumers. As this is a devolved matter, it is the responsibility of the respective Parliament and Assemblies to comment on the situation in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Date

2 April 2001

Reference

156574; 366 c14-5W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what standard of heat insulation is specified for pipework in PFI projects in his Department.

Asked by

Tom Levitt (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 March 2001

Reference

151658; 364 c754-5W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what standard of heat insulation is specified for pipework in PFI projects in his Department.

Asked by

Tom Levitt (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 March 2001

Reference

151657; 364 c463-4W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will publish a report on the improvements resulting from work carried out under the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995, showing for each energy conservation authority (a) expenditure on energy efficiency improvement, (b) percentage improvement in...

Asked by

Alan Simpson (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

11 January 2001

For answer on

26 January 2001

Answered on

26 January 2001

Mr. Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will publish a report on the improvements resulting from work carried out under the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995, showing for each energy conservation authority (a) expenditure on energy efficiency improvement, (b) percentage improvement in residential energy efficiency, (c) estimated reduction in carbon dioxide emissions and (d) estimated reduction in levels of fuel poverty. [145763] Mr. Meacher: The Secretary of State presented a report to Parliament on 13 April 1999 covering activity by energy conservation authorities over the period from 28 June 1995 to 31 March 1998, and other developments up to the end of 1998. Copies of the report were placed in the Libraries of the House. Alternatively, a copy is available on DETR's website at:www.environment.detr.gov.uk/energy/heca95/ index.htm Details of reported percentage energy efficiency improvements in England in the period 1 April 1996 to 31 March 2000 were given in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Plymouth, Sutton (Mrs. Gilroy) on 30 November 2000, Official Report, columns 757-58W. That information and details of expenditure by authority, overall expenditure and carbon dioxide reductions in each energy conservation authority area is included in four summary reports, copies of which have been placed in the Libraries of the House. The information sought on the estimated reduction in levels of fuel poverty is not available centrally and, to my knowledge, is not collected by any other organisation. Information on the incidence of fuel poverty by Government Office region is contained in the 1996 English House Condition Survey Energy Report and some energy conservation authorities may have more specific fuel poverty data for their own purposes. Although authorities in England have been asked to report on their policies voluntarily, strategies and achievements in tackling fuel poverty alongside their Home Energy Conservation Act 1995 progress reports, they have not been required to identify fuel poor households or to report changes in the number of such households.

Date

26 January 2001

Reference

145763; 361 c731W;361 c733W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the NHS CO2 standard of heat insulation, specified in PFI tenders for new hospital buildings, is implemented in existing and future contracts.

Asked by

Tom Levitt (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

13 December 2000

For answer on

18 January 2001

Answered on

18 January 2001

Mr. Levitt: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to ensure that the NHS CO2 standard of heat insulation, specified in PFI tenders for new hospital buildings, is implemented in existing and future contracts. [143163] Mr. Denham: The National Health Service has a good track record in achieving environmental targets, and there are a number of initiatives under way to support the NHS in achieving greater energy efficiency. This is an important matter, and we do not propose to stand still. We are therefore taking the following programme of action: We will write to all NHS trusts setting new mandatory targets for overall energy use and will be providing guidance to the NHS on how to improve its environmental performance. We will make existing targets for capital schemes mandatory, which means that all output specifications for private finance initiative schemes must comply with those targets. We will include a new section on energy efficiency in the Business Case checklist, which the Department uses in assessing the quality and readiness of proposals for capital schemes. The current British Standard for heat insulation is under review, and I have asked that my officials review the current model engineering specification in the light of this. The revised capital investment manual will include a new section focusing on environmental issues. A joint NHS Estates/Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions research and development project is under way to produce a building research establishment environmental assessment model for hospitals.

Date

18 January 2001

Reference

361 c317-8W; 143163

House

House of Commons

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