§ Mr. StunellTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures her Department has taken since 1997 to encourage energy efficiency in(a) the domestic sector, (b) the commercial sector, (c) the industrial sector and (d) the public sector; and how much Government financial support has been made available. [50433]
§ Mr. MeacherThe Government have introduced a wide range of measures, including market incentives, financial assistance, legal obligations, and guidance and information, to encourage energy efficiency in all sectors of the economy. These include
the Energy Efficiency Commitment (EEC) on domestic energy supplies, from 2002 to 2005;the Climate Change Levy and Climate Change Agreements;the UK Emissions Trading Scheme;the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (HEES)revised building regulations which require high energy efficiency standards;the Market Transformation programme;a wide range of measures to support combined heat and power (CHP);the Community Energy capital grant programme;substantial Government funding of the Energy Saving Trust and the Carbon Trust to promote and support energy efficiency in the domestic, public, industry and business sectors.The majority of DEFRA's financial support for energy efficiency measures is channelled through the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (now marketed as Warm Front), the Energy Efficiency Best Practice Programme, the Energy Saving Trust and the Carbon Trust. The total funding made available by the Department and its predecessors to support and promote these efficiency programmes in each year since 1997 is set out in the table.
Total funding for energy efficiency £ million1 1997–98 110.5 1998–99 109.0 1999–2000 112.0 2000–2001 163.5 2001–2002 224.0 1Includes funding for the Carbon Trust of £26.5 million from recycled Climate Change Levy receipts.