Mr. Gareth ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of how much combined heat and power plant has been(a) withdrawn and (b) created in each of the last five years. [86197]
§ Mr. MorleyA separate assessment of CHP plant withdrawn and created is not available. The net increase in Good Quality CHP electrical capacity in each of the last five years is taken from the most recent Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES, 2002):
Increase in M We 1997 150 1998 292 1999 239 2000 844 2001 38