Green Living Energy

Summary

The request sought detailed statistics on the Green Living Energy grant scheme, including application volumes, offer letters, and payments broken down by month. The Department for Enterprise provided a comprehensive weekly dataset covering applications, approvals, and payments from February 2023 to February 2025, though some specific qualitative questions regarding staff numbers and house inspections were not explicitly answered in the provided text.

Key Facts

• The response covers data from the week ending 03/02/2023 to 21/02/2025.
• A total of 2,819 grant applications were received during the reporting period.
• 2,117 grants were approved with a total value of £5,789,552.08.
• The total amount paid out in grant payments was £4,023,475.38.
• The outcome was classified as 'Some information sent but not all held'.

Data Disclosed

• 2819 applications received
• 2117 grants approved
• £5,789,552.08 value approved
• £4,023,475.38 amount paid
• Week ending 03/02/2023
• Week ending 21/02/2025
• Case ID 4418317
• Outcome date 2025-02-28

Original Request

I would like to know how many applications were received for grant funding in the year of 2024 broken down into months. How many of these applications in 2024 have been processed to offer letter stage where y an offer letter has been sent to the applicant? How many offer letters have been sent in 2024, broken down into months between January 2024 and present day. How many applicants have returned their offer letter after completion of work, requiring payment from the grant, between January 2024 and present day, broken down into months. How much in GBP£ have the Dept of Enterprise paid out by way of grant payments for this scheme since it started, broken down into grant payments paid each month since beginning of this scheme to present day. How many applications are still being processed? How many offer letters in total have been sent out since the scheme started? Of those sent out how many as a percentage have been returned with work completed? How many offer letters have been drafted but not sent out yet to applicants. How many staff are there in Dept of Enterprise who's role it is, is to review the offer letters. How many houses have been checked to confirm grant funded work has been completed?

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Week ending: Grant applications received: Grants approved: Value approved: Amount paid: 03/02/2023 19 12 £29,204.98 £3,903.39 10/02/2023 20 17 £36,258.60 £18,124.86 17/02/2023 25 0 £0.00 £24,329.61 24/02/2023 19 11 £16,914.95 £24,363.61 03/03/2023 15 28 £64,523.44 £6,041.99 09/03/2023 15 14 £50,826.50 £22,853.32 17/03/2023 11 4 £20,416.45 £26,854.86 24/03/2023 11 23 £62,027.33 £20,242.14 30/03/2023 15 13 £38,532.34 £31,095.79 06/04/2023 18 12 £40,011.95 £19,665.96 14/04/2023 11 5 £17,097.84 £22,736.25 20/04/2023 11 0 £0.00 £4,484.65 28/04/2023 12 13 £35,492.42 £62,549.97 05/05/2023 8 16 £47,604.33 £11,301.94 12/05/2023 13 12 £37,475.32 £37,675.61 02/06/2023 26 15 £37,196.22 £77,153.60 08/06/2023 4 6 £14,145.26 £26,424.85 16/06/2023 9 9 £35,249.64 £34,291.93 23/06/2023 6 14 £37,165.07 £24,363.18 30/06/2023 11 14 £48,494.53 £18,159.05 14/07/2023 21 17 £46,805.13 £41,818.92 21/07/2023 10 8 £29,285.66 £19,996.06 28/07/2023 8 16 £46,014.37 £29,654.06 03/08/2023 7 8 £26,744.82 £18,061.65 11/08/2023 10 11 £37,370.99 £21,845.65 18/08/2023 16 13 £34,967.00 £48,080.96 25/08/2023 18 14 £44,408.38 £20,146.15 01/09/2023 12 3 £9,480.77 £19,277.65 08/09/2023 10 16 £47,950.52 £27,668.84 15/09/2023 11 8 £22,725.60 £49,627.77 22/09/2023 16 5 £15,900.08 £39,529.83 28/09/2023 13 14 £41,009.22 £9,156.64 06/10/2023 27 11 £21,534.77 £34,111.28 13/10/2023 17 15 £44,113.08 £20,557.92 20/10/2023 18 20 £52,625.87 £32,074.09 27/10/2023 10 27 £69,165.18 £26,207.02 10/11/2023 33 3 £7,004.72 £25,117.52 17/11/2023 19 19 £43,616.29 £37,473.60 24/11/2023 14 9 £15,604.97 £41,144.02 08/12/2023 33 12 £23,365.30 £54,949.78 15/12/2023 16 18 £45,901.40 £24,287.78 22/12/2023 10 23 £52,914.35 £47,950.76 05/01/2024 11 12 £20,885.51 £19,738.91 12/01/2024 10 8 £23,207.27 £21,563.07 18/01/2024 18 13 £26,342.18 £30,470.60 26/01/2024 34 5 £12,345.40 £36,364.00 02/02/2024 26 11 £29,463.66 £34,850.78 09/02/2024 17 19 £45,364.76 £14,253.26 16/02/2024 21 16 £36,551.59 £35,029.91 23/02/2024 34 13 £38,904.36 £55,363.17 01/03/2024 21 9 £21,153.09 £34,293.11 07/03/2024 27 25 £75,206.24 £43,067.42 18/03/2024 49 32 £77,827.35 £0.00 22/03/2024 24 10 £32,725.79 £62,436.77 28/03/2024 31 23 £55,945.75 £58,710.75 05/04/2024 30 22 £66,451.81 £27,649.87 12/04/2024 38 22 £44,797.04 £47,199.59 19/04/2024 32 16 £46,754.02 £50,200.18 25/04/2024 22 35 £92,757.57 £20,293.38 03/05/2024 41 19 £55,683.60 £38,484.70 10/05/2024 30 9 £20,836.46 £58,254.59 17/05/2024 44 34 £74,506.23 £35,437.95 24/05/2024 46 22 £47,902.10 £29,904.78 31/05/2024 50 43 £109,965.63 £37,230.40 05/06/2024 28 18 £38,296.01 £23,699.71 14/06/2024 42 28 £63,251.60 £8,964.25 21/06/2024 47 21 £41,249.85 £53,527.85 28/06/2024 53 21 £60,626.46 £19,366.97 04/07/2024 49 11 £26,883.21 £0.00 12/07/2024 45 20 £69,076.45 £64,112.14 19/07/2024 42 20 £46,499.93 £35,509.19 26/07/2024 31 25 £69,683.24 £47,461.47 02/08/2024 41 16 £58,970.44 £41,767.99 09/08/2024 31 25 £75,656.75 £28,230.21 16/08/2024 55 34 £88,801.87 £34,956.85 23/08/2024 44 28 £81,710.68 £68,962.81 30/08/2024 51 25 £73,808.54 £13,558.33 06/09/2024 40 22 £75,412.08 £72,092.42 13/09/2024 54 46 £144,538.73 £28,505.87 20/09/2024 62 33 £86,142.86 £86,466.62 27/09/2024 183 35 £89,721.11 £30,449.06 04/10/2024 160 29 £85,618.08 £46,162.91 11/10/2024 2 25 £72,082.73 £48,386.75 18/10/2024 6 20 £58,555.25 £89,860.61 25/10/2024 1 15 £41,401.00 £52,275.55 31/10/2024 1 24 £76,163.10 £55,202.44 08/11/2024 1 30 £102,130.73 £99,787.32 15/11/2024 0 25 £71,555.42 £57,210.28 21/11/2024 0 19 £56,549.87 £52,259.54 29/11/2024 0 38 £121,106.96 £55,796.21 06/12/2024 0 45 £136,421.50 £78,358.12 13/12/2024 0 55 £149,647.79 £10,835.00 20/12/2024 0 52 £135,171.78 £73,365.92 24/12/2024 0 0 £0.00 £50,561.37 06/01/2025 0 0 £0.00 £0.00 10/01/2025 0 10 £27,933.79 £59,017.67 17/01/2025 3 29 £70,334.44 £67,722.68 24/01/2025 0 0 £0.00 £88,006.30 30/01/2025 0 10 £23,654.17 £31,331.61 05/02/2025 0 27 £61,215.24 £22,290.27 14/02/2025 0 1 £380.14 £141,499.32 21/02/2025 1 49 £147,381.62 £30,784.03 Total: 2819 2117 £5,789,552.08 £4,023,475.38

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Freedom of Information Co-ordinator 1st Floor, St Georges Court Upper Church Street, Douglas Isle of Man IM1 1EX

Telephone: (01624 686400) Website: https://www.iomdfenterprise.im/

Our ref: 4418317 28 February 2025

Dear ###

We write further to your request, received 3 February 2025, which states:

"I would like to know how many applications were received for grant funding in the year of 2024 broken down into months.

How many of these applications in 2024 have been processed to offer letter stage where y an offer letter has been sent to the applicant?

How many offer letters have been sent in 2024, broken down into months between January 2024 and present day.

How many applicants have returned their offer letter after completion of work, requiring payment from the grant, between January 2024 and present day, broken down into months.

How much in GBP£ have the Dept of Enterprise paid out by way of grant payments for this scheme since it started, broken down into grant payments paid each month since beginning of this scheme to present day. How many applications are still being processed?

How many offer letters in total have been sent out since the scheme started? Of those sent out how many as a percentage have been returned with work completed? How many offer letters have been drafted but not sent out yet to applicants.

How many staff are there in Dept of Enterprise who's role it is, is to review the offer letters.

How many houses have been checked to confirm grant funded work has been completed?"

Our response

“I would like to know how many applications were received for grant funding in the year of 2024 broken down into months.”
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The Department does not hold the information in the format requested, the spreadsheet provided records the number of grant applications received per week over the period of the Scheme’s operation in column B.

“How many of these applications in 2024 have been processed to offer letter stage where an offer letter has been sent to the applicant?”

The Department does not hold this information, our records do not provide the granularity of information to be able to determine this figure.

“How many offer letters have been sent in 2024, broken down into months between January 2024 and present day.”

The Department does not hold the information in the format requested, the spreadsheet provided records the number of grant applications received per week over the period of the Scheme’s operation in column C.

“How many applicants have returned their offer letter after completion of work requiring payment from the grant, between January 2024 and present day, broken down into months.”

The Department does not hold this information.

Offer letters should ordinarily be returned to the Department, before works start, for applicants to accept the terms and conditions and be able to proceed in the security of knowing that they have been awarded a grant.

“How much in GBP£ have the Dept of Enterprise paid out by way of grant payments for this scheme since it started, broken down into grant payments paid each month since beginning of this scheme to present day. How many applications are still being processed?”

The total grant amount paid is £4,023,475 as provided on the attached sheet.

Nineteen payments are awaiting processing.

“How many offer letters in total have been sent out since the scheme started? Of those sent out how many as a percentage have been returned with work completed?”

2,117 offer letters have been issued since the Scheme started.

Of these, 1,559 have received a full or partial payment.

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Therefore 74% of those who have received an offer letter have then received a payment.

“How many offer letters have been drafted but not sent out yet to applicants.”

There are currently 185 applications, where the Department has received all of the required information, that have had the offer letter drafted and require checking and/or approving.

The Department has recently extended the closing date for completion of works from the end of March to the end of June 2025 for the offer letters to be issued and to provide applicants more time to complete their works. This situation is under constant review.

“How many staff are there in Dept of Enterprise who's role it is, is to review the offer letters.”

The Green Living Grant Scheme is administered by the Enterprise Support Division, alongside the other schemes that it supports. The Scheme has two fulltime administrators whose role includes drafting the GLGS offer letters. The GLGS has a dedicated Officer whose role includes reviewing the offer the letters. The Enterprise Support Manager then makes the final approval decision. Additional resource within the Division is available to assist should workload and customer and/or contractor demand require it.

“How many houses have been checked to confirm grant funded work has been completed?”

To date, 38 follow up audits, which visit the property to check that the works have been completed and to re-assess the energy rating of the property, have taken place. As the Scheme has now closed for grant applications and the number of offer letters to be issued is falling, follow up audits will become a priority in the coming weeks.

Please quote the reference number 4418317 in any future communications.

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