Housing: Insulation

(asked on 27th January 2015) - View Source

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of houses that have been insulated in each year since May 2010.


Answered by
Amber Rudd Portrait
Amber Rudd
This question was answered on 3rd February 2015

The table below shows the number of retro-fit installations of cavity wall insulation, loft insulation and solid wall insulation through Government schemes since the beginning of April 2010. It does not cover measures installed outside of Government schemes or as part of the construction of the property. Figures covering installations up to the end of December 2014 will be published on 19 March 2015.

Table 1: Installations of cavity wall, loft and solid wall insulation through Government schemes in Great Britain, by year, 1 April 2010 to 30 September 2014

Thousands

Cavity wall insulation

Loft insulation

Solid wall insulation

April 2010 to March 2011

470

980

8

April 2011 to March 2012

520

1,130

30

April 2012 to March 2013

480

1,290

73

April 2013 to March 2014

260

130

52

April 2014 to September 2014

60

40

21

Total

1,800

3,560

183

Source: Green Deal, Energy Company Obligation (ECO) and Insulation Levels in Great Britain, Quarterly Report: to September 2014. Cavity wall and loft insulation figures rounded to nearest ten thousand.

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