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Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many applicants for a Warm Front grant aged (a) under and (b) over 60 years were informed that they (i) would and (ii) would not need to pay a contribution towards warm front funded improvements in each year since the introduction of contributions. [236741]
Joan Ruddock: The following table illustrates the number of contributions requested of Warm Front customers aged (a) under and (b) over 60 years of age since contributions were introduced to the scheme.
| Scheme year | ||||
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 (to 25 October) | |
| (1 )Households assisted in this scheme year once client contributions were introduced. | ||||
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much was paid in Warm Front grants to residents in Crosby constituency in 2007-08. [236713]
Joan Ruddock: In the period 1 April 2007 to 30 March 2008, £877,955.86 was spent on measures delivered through the Warm Front scheme to residents of Crosby constituency.
Home Energy Efficiency Scheme: Greater London
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many people who have qualified for energy efficiency improvements under the Warm Front scheme in each London borough were waiting for those improvements to be made at the latest date for which figures are available. [236509]
Joan Ruddock: The following table illustrates the number of main measures (a heating or insulation-related job) allocated by the Warm Front scheme in its current contracted period, in each of the London boroughs, and those that have not been invoiced for, as at 16 November 2008.
| Local authority | Main measures allocated in the current contracted period, June 2005 to November 2008 | Main measures allocated but not invoiced, as at 16 November 2008 |
| Notes: 1. As households can receive both heating and insulation measures, figures in this table are not comparable with the number of households awaiting measures. 2. The lack of invoice for a job is not necessarily related to whether the work has been physically carried out. | ||
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many people have (a) applied and (b) qualified for help under the Warm Front scheme in each London borough since the establishment of the scheme, broken down by age of applicant. [236510]
Joan Ruddock: A table illustrating (a) the number of households making applications to the Warm Front Scheme and (b) those eligible for assistance, broken down by London borough and age group, over the period 1 June 2000 and 16 November 2008, has been placed in the House Libraries.
Home Energy Efficiency Scheme: North Yorkshire
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many households in the Vale of York have received Warm Front grants in each of the last three years; and how many he estimates will have received grants before the end of March 2009. [236247]
Joan Ruddock: The following table illustrates the number of households assisted by the Warm Front scheme in the Vale of York in each of the last three years.
The number of households that will be assisted by March 2009 is entirely dependent on the number of households that apply and whether they are eligible
| Scheme year | Assisted households |
Ministers: Cabinet
Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change which Cabinet committees and sub-committees he attends. [227124]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: I refer the hon. Member to the Prime Minister's written ministerial statement of 3 November 2008, Official Report, column 8WS.
Natural Gas: Storage
Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the total capacity is of proposed gas storage projects which are awaiting regulatory consent. [236399]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: Details of gas storage projects at various stages of development are given in ‘Transporting Britain's Energy 2008: Development of NTS Investment Scenarios’ published by National Grid in July 2008—available online at:
Table A2 shows the status of four projects as “planning applied for”, with a total storage capacity of approximately 2.2 billion cubic metres.
Nuclear Installations Inspectorate
Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many staff are employed by the nuclear installations inspectorate (a) on a full-time equivalent basis and (b) on a headcount basis, broken down by grade. [236569]
Jonathan Shaw: I have been asked to reply.
The answer to this question is provided in the following table.
| The number of staff employed in the Health and Safety Executive's Nuclear Directorate at 1 October 2008 | ||
| Job band( 1) | Headcount | Full-time equivalent |
| (1 )Grade (2) Senior Civil Servants | ||
These figures exclude nine agency administrative staff and four temporary secondees/contractors.
Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the total budget of the nuclear installations inspectorate (a) was in each of the past five financial years, (b) is in 2008-09 and (c) will be in each of the next five financial years. [236570]
Jonathan Shaw: I have been asked to reply.
The answer to this question is provided in the following table.
| Gross expenditure of the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) Nuclear Directorate (ND) | |
| Financial year | £000 |
| Notes: 1. These are actual gross expenditure figures of the Nuclear Directorate (ND) itself for 2003-04 to 2007-08 and forecast for 2008-09. 2. ND recovers some 97 per cent. of these nuclear installations costs (and a pro rata share of the additional associated HSE overhead and central costs) as income through charges to industry under the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 and Health and Safety (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2007. Since 2007-08 this has also included 100 per cent. recovery of the Office for Civil Nuclear Security costs (and a pro rata share of the additional associated HSE overhead and central costs) recovered under the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, the Energy Act 2004, the extant security provisions of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (as amended) and, in respect of nuclear material, the Import of Goods (Control) Order 1954. 3. HSE has issued indicative ND budget allocations for 2009-10 and 2010-11 (£29,973k and £30,930k respectively) but these will shortly be revised as part of HSE's annual planning process to reflect expected activity in these years. 4. HSE will set budgets for 2011-12 and beyond upon receipt of its spending review 2010 settlement in due course. 5. The figures for 2007-08 onwards include the Office for Civil Nuclear Security and the UK Safeguards Office who joined HSE from the Department for Trade and Industry on 1 April 2007 (£2.3 million and £0.3 million respectively). 6. The figures in 2007-08 and previous to this include costs of HSE Corporate Topic Groups which ND managed on behalf of HSE. | |
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