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To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many homes they estimate do not currently have sufficient loft insulation; how much funding they have provided to schemes to provide free loft insulation to homeowners and tenants in each of the last five years and in total; and how many homes have been...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many homes they estimate do not currently have sufficient loft insulation; how much funding they have provided to schemes to provide free loft insulation to homeowners and tenants in each of the last five years and in total; and how many homes have been...
At the start of October 2012 it was estimated that there were 7.9 million lofts (34% of homes with a loft) which did not have sufficient insulation. However, 1.7 million of these are considered to be hard to treat or unfillable, so could not benefit from insulation, and it is estimated that only around 1% of treatable lofts have no insulation at all.
As set out in the table below,the vast majority of loft insulation measures in GB since 2008 have been provided under the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) and to a lesser extent under the Community Energy Saving Programme (CESP) and the Government's Warm Front scheme.
Measures provided under CERT and CESP are promoted and financed by the obligated energy companies and they are not required to provide information on what measures under the schemes cost them to deliver. However, it is estimated that CERT and CESP overall cost the obligated companies around £1.3 billion a year.
Warm Front is a government-funded scheme providing grants for heating and insulation improvements up to £3,500 (or up to £6,000 if the property is not connected to the mains gas grid). As Warm Front is a demand led scheme, there is no specific amount allocated for insulation measures. However, the budget for Warm Front for the past five years is set out below. The vast majority of the budget is spent on the more expensive heating measures.
| Year | Budget
(£m) |
| 2008-9 | 395 |
| 2009-10 | 369 |
| 2010-11 | 366 |
| 2011-12 | 145 |
| 2012-13 | 100 |
| Loft
insulation measures delivered through Government schemes between April
2008 and the beginning of October
2012 | |||||
| Thousands | |||||
| Delivery
between: | CERT
-
Professional | CERT
-
DIY | CESP | Warm
Front | Total |
| April
2008 - March
2009 | 620 | .. | .. | 40 | 660 |
| April
2009-March
2010 | 630 | 760 | .. | 30 | 1,420 |
| April
2010-March
2011 | 570 | 400 | .. | 10 | 980 |
| April
2011 - March
2012 | 800 | 310 | 10 | - | 1,130 |
| April
2012 - October
2012 | 530 | 220 | - | - | 750 |
| Total
delivery | 3,150 | 1,690 | 10 | 90 | 4,940 |
- count less than 10,000
.. not applicable.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of recent trends in the retail price of loft insulation; and if he will make a statement.
[151594]
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of recent trends in the retail price of loft insulation; and if he will make a statement.
[151594]
The Department has not made an assessment of the retail price of loft insulation. The price of loft insulation is determined by the market.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will ensure that materials used for cavity wall insulation in buildings on flood plains reduce the risk of waterlog and avoid the additional expenses involved in removing unsuitable materials after flood events; and whether they are taking steps to ensure that technicians are...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will ensure that materials used for cavity wall insulation in buildings on flood plains reduce the risk of waterlog and avoid the additional expenses involved in removing unsuitable materials after flood events; and whether they are taking steps to ensure that technicians are...
The conservation of energy and power and resistance to moisture aspects of insulation are covered by building regulations. Building regulations do not address flood resilience so cannot require that insulation is unaffected by flood water. However, guidance on types of insulation to be used in flood-risk areas is included in Improving the Flood Performance of New Buildings: Flood Resilient Construction, published by the Department for Communities and Local Government.
The Green Deal code of practice places an obligation on Green Deal providers to ensure that any materials installed do not increase the risk of damage to the building fabric or the health of the occupants. Additionally, Green Deal approved installers are specifically trained and certificated for installing cavity wall insulation and have to install products, that are also certificated, in accordance with the product specification and the appropriate British Standard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many homes in Worcester have received insulation in (a) 2012, (b) 2011 and (c) 2010 under his Department's programmes.
[147836]
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many homes in Worcester have received insulation in (a) 2012, (b) 2011 and (c) 2010 under his Department's programmes.
[147836]
Information on insulation measures installed under the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT), which was the Government's main domestic energy efficiency policy for the period concerned, is compiled by the Home Energy Efficiency Database (HEED) overseen by the Energy Saving Trust. The latest published data is provided below for the Worcester local authority area. For technical reasons the HEED database tends to under report by around 10%, the actual number of installations will therefore be higher. Information on the final period of CERT, covering the period up until the end of 2012, will be published later this year.
| CERT
years—commencing 2008 (1 April to 31
March) | Cavity
wall insulation
measures | Loft
insulation
measures |
| CERT
Year 1
(2008-09) | 837 | 955 |
| CERT
Year 2
(2009-10) | 1,312 | 1,047 |
| CERT
Year 3
(2010-11) | 829 | 863 |
| CERT
Year 4
(2011-12) | 714 | 1,315 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the number of homes which require improvement of (a) loft, (b) wall cavity and (c) solid wall insulation.
[147697]
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the number of homes which require improvement of (a) loft, (b) wall cavity and (c) solid wall insulation.
[147697]
There are around 27 (26.9) million homes in Great Britain; more than half do not have enough insulation.
Most easy-to-treat cavities have now been insulated, and nearly all the remaining lofts would only benefit from topping up of existing insulation. However, only around 2% of solid wall properties have so far been tackled.
We do not have an exact figure, but we do think the green deal framework, supported by the ECO, is the best way of driving forward the very ambitious take-up of insulation measures that we will need not just in this Parliament, but throughout the decade.
We do not have an exact figure, but we do think the green deal framework, supported by the ECO, is the best way of driving forward the very ambitious take-up of insulation measures that we will need not just in this Parliament, but throughout the decade.
In how many of the homes in need of improved insulation does the Minister expect measures to be taken over the remainder of this Parliament?
In how many of the homes in need of improved insulation does the Minister expect measures to be taken over the remainder of this Parliament?
In how many of the homes in need of improved insulation does the Minister expect measures to be taken over the remainder of this Parliament?
We do not have an exact figure, but we do think the green deal framework, supported by the ECO, is the best way of driving forward the very ambitious take-up of insulation measures that we will need not just in this Parliament, but throughout the decade.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on what date Carbon Emission Reduction Target funding for cavity wall insulation ended; whether funding will be provided for people who made bookings under the scheme before the cut-off date to honour those bookings; and if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on what date Carbon Emission Reduction Target funding for cavity wall insulation ended; whether funding will be provided for people who made bookings under the scheme before the cut-off date to honour those bookings; and if he will make...
[holding answer 29 January 2013]: The Carbon Emissions Reductions Target (CERT) is an obligation on the major energy suppliers to deliver energy efficiency improvements to households. Arrangements for bookings with households, and any funding provided, are a matter for the energy companies concerned and their delivery partners.
As provided for in the legislation, CERT formally ended on 31 December 2012, and the new ECO (energy company obligation) started on 1 January 2013 (with provision for activity from October 2012 to count towards the obligation). I have urged companies to be sensitive to the experience of householders in the way that they manage the transition period.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in the insulation industry which have been lost (a) in total and (b) in Wales since the ending of the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target and Community Energy Saving Programme...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in the insulation industry which have been lost (a) in total and (b) in Wales since the ending of the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target and Community Energy Saving Programme...
The insulation industry is undergoing a period of transition as we enter a new phase of energy efficiency delivery with the Green Deal and the new energy company obligation (ECO).
Given that two-thirds of lofts are now fully insulated (and only very few have no insulation at all), and only 0.9m easy to treat cavity walls remain, it is inevitable that jobs in the loft and standard cavity wall insulation sector will decline.
However, while the Department has not made an estimate of any changes in employment in the insulation industry over the first few weeks of this year, we estimate that overall GB insulation industry jobs will increase from about 26,000 in 2011, to up to 60,000 by 2015. This is largely because of the move to promoting solid wall insulation, which is more labour intensive than treating lofts and standard cavities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions his Department has had with the insulation industry on the Green Deal.
[139916]
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions his Department has had with the insulation industry on the Green Deal.
[139916]
Departmental officials, ministerial colleagues and I meet regularly with representatives of the insulation industry. In addition, the Green Deal
Oversight and Registration Body have established a Green Deal Installer Forum to help ensure the effective delivery of the Green Deal. Both departmental officials and representatives from the insulation industry are members of this group.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many times he has met representatives of the Insulation Industry Forum in the last (a) six and (b) 12 months.
[140243]
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many times he has met representatives of the Insulation Industry Forum in the last (a) six and (b) 12 months.
[140243]
All meetings between external organisations and DECC Ministers are published on a quarterly basis on the DECC website and are available for download at this link:
http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/accesstoinform/registers/registers.aspx
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many times in the last (a) six and (b) 12 months he has met representatives of the insulation industry.
[139667]
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many times in the last (a) six and (b) 12 months he has met representatives of the insulation industry.
[139667]
All meetings between external organisations and DECC Ministers are published on a quarterly basis on the DECC section of the:
www.Gov.uk
website and are available for download at this link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=&publication_filter_option=transparency- data&topics%5B%5D=all&departments%5B%5D=department-of-energy-climate-change&direction=after&date=2011-03-01
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the number of insulation installations which have been (a) placed on hold and (b) cancelled in Wales since the ending of the Carbon Emissions Reduction Test and Community Energy Saving Programme on 31...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the number of insulation installations which have been (a) placed on hold and (b) cancelled in Wales since the ending of the Carbon Emissions Reduction Test and Community Energy Saving Programme on 31...
The Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) and the Community Energy Saving programme (CESP) are administered by Ofgem and delivery of measures under the schemes was a matter for the obligated companies concerned. DECC does not have access to any data on measures which companies may have planned to install under CERT and CESP, but which could not be completed by the end of the schemes.
Obligated companies are also able to offer a range of insulation measures, usually at a subsidised rate or for free, under the new Energy Company Obligation and have been able to do so since 1 October 2012.
May I inform the Leader of the House that the insulation companies in my constituency, large and small alike, wrote to the Department of Energy and Climate Change four months ago expressing their concern about the Government’s green deal. I chased that up two months ago to get a response,...
May I inform the Leader of the House that the insulation companies in my constituency, large and small alike, wrote to the Department of Energy and Climate Change four months ago expressing their concern about the Government’s green deal. I chased that up two months ago to get a response,...
I will, of course, talk to my colleagues at the Department of Energy and Climate Change about this, but I would hope that the hon. Gentleman welcomed the green deal. It is going to have a positive impact on up to 8 million homes over the next eight years and...
I will, of course, talk to my colleagues at the Department of Energy and Climate Change about this, but I would hope that the hon. Gentleman welcomed the green deal. It is going to have a positive impact on up to 8 million homes over the next eight years and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 12 December 2012, Official Report, column 311W, on the Warm Front scheme, what the average length of time was between a survey being completed for a Warm Front grant and an energy efficiency measure...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 12 December 2012, Official Report, column 311W, on the Warm Front scheme, what the average length of time was between a survey being completed for a Warm Front grant and an energy efficiency measure...
The data required for this PQ are not held centrally. To provide a response would be at disproportionate cost. However, the following table shows the average time in working days for the installation of heating and insulation measures from the point of allocation to an installer to the point of installation. Carillion Energy Services, the Warm Front scheme manager, routinely monitors timescales from the point of allocation to an installer to the completion of work in order to measure installer performance under the scheme.
| Average
install
time | ||||||||
| Working
days | ||||||||
| 2005-061 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | |
| Insulation
installs | 30.88 | 33.18 | 27.59 | 33.11 | 17.22 | 18.21 | 21.99 | 10.68 |
| Heating
installs | 67.70 | 81.72 | 65.81 | 65.17 | 44.07 | 42.36 | 53.00 | 13.32 |
| 1
Data are not available prior to
2005. |
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 12 December 2012, Official Report, column 312W, on the Warm Front scheme, how many successful applications for a Warm Front grant are awaiting energy efficiency or insulation measures to be installed in 2012-13 to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 12 December 2012, Official Report, column 312W, on the Warm Front scheme, how many successful applications for a Warm Front grant are awaiting energy efficiency or insulation measures to be installed in 2012-13 to...
3,2021 households who applied to the Warm Front scheme in 2012-13 are awaiting the installation of a heating measure and 406 are awaiting the installation of insulation measures. Some households may be awaiting both heating and insulation measures.
Figure as of end of November 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 12 December 2012, Official Report, column 312W, on the Warm Front scheme, how many of the 21,956 eligible applications for a Warm Front grant have had energy efficiency or insulation measures installed in 2012-13...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 12 December 2012, Official Report, column 312W, on the Warm Front scheme, how many of the 21,956 eligible applications for a Warm Front grant have had energy efficiency or insulation measures installed in 2012-13...
6,0061 households who applied to Warm Front in 2012-13 have had at least one main heating or insulation measure installed to date.
Figure as at end of November 2012. The reported figure is a snapshot at a point in time and excludes households that have been surveyed but whose works have yet to be allocated to an installer.