Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what financial support his Department has planned to allocate to (a) the Green Deal and (b) other domestic energy efficiency programmes for expenditure in (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16, (iii) 2016-17 and (iv) any subsequent years.

All domestic energy efficiency initiatives are included within the overall Green Deal programme.

As part of the Autumn Statement in December 2013, the Government announced that £540m will be made available to support energy efficiency improvements over the next three years, of which £450m will support domestic installation of energy efficiency measures.

£150m has been allocated in 2014-15.

All further budget allocations will be made during the forthcoming Spending Review and DECC business planning exercises.