AQW 42829/11-15

Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 25/02/2015
Answered On Date: 03/03/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Social Development to detail the policy in regards to the preferred energy source for heating in Housing Executive owned homes.

Answer:

The Housing Executive has advised that their heating policy states:-

Gas remains the preferred option offered in heat replacement schemes in gas areas;

Oil heating is the preferred option outside a gas area;

Tenant choice outside the gas area is increased to include wood pellet boilers as a potentially viable alternative to oil; and

Economy7 electric systems may be retained by tenant choice.