Energy and Climate Change written question – answered am ar 28 Ebrill 2009.
James Gray
Ceidwadwyr, North Wiltshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much has been spent by the UK Government on energy-saving measures in rural communities in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales in each of the last five years.
Joan Ruddock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Energy and Climate Change)
Both Warm Front and Decent Homes provide energy-saving measures to homes in the private and public sectors respectively. The Department for Communities and Local Government, which is responsible for Decent Homes, does not split data by rural and urban areas and therefore this data is not available for this programme.
The figures for Warm Front spend in the past five years are as follows. The data is split in accordance with the Office of National Statistics' definition of rural and urban areas.
| £ | ||
| Rural | Urban | |
| 2004-05 | 12,629,835.18 | 105,924,222.76 |
| 2005-06 | 17,438,767.99 | 127,452,054.17 |
| 2006-07 | 36,582,126.42 | 243,362,656.92 |
| 2007-08(1) | 50,821,943.25 | 313,608,368.82 |
| 2008-09 to 28 February(1) | 57,291,838.28 | 316,466,440.93 |
| (1 )Please note that figures provided for 2007-08 and 2008-09 include spend generated through interaction with energy companies under the Energy Efficiency Commitment and Carbon Emissions Reduction Target respectively. Whilst this is not public expenditure, as it is not recorded on an urban/rural basis it cannot be removed from these data and maintain the distinction between urban and rural assistance. The total value of this spend in each year is as follows: 2007-08 : £44,575,836 2008-09 : £20,217,000 | ||
Fuel Poverty is a devolved matter and we are unable to provide data for the Scottish and Welsh administrations.
Yes1 person thinks so
No2 people think not
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