To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the £47.5/47.5/47.5 million to support the central heating programme, as referred to in Building a Better Scotland: Spending Proposals 2003-2006: What the money buys , will be spent in each year in Renfrewshire.

It is not possible to project how much of the available resources will be spent in the Renfrewshire area between 2003-06. But funding in the two years 2003-04 and 2004-05 will ensure that, by March 2004, all tenants of East Renfrewshire Council and Renfrewshire Council who want it will have a central heating system and all housing associations tenants in the area who also want it will have central heating during 2004. By March 2006 all over 60s in the private sector in the Renfrewshire postcode area who apply for a grant and are found to be eligible for the programme will have a central heating system installed.