HC Deb 13 June 1986 vol 99 cc343-4W
Mr. Rost

asked the Secretary of State for Energy when he expects to make a statement on the criteria for rating assessment applicable to combined heat and power district heating consortia.

Mr. David Hunt

Responsibility for rating policy in England and Wales rests with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment. I am aware that preliminary estimates of rates charges for combined heat and power-district heating schemes, derived from the probable capital costs, exceed those that result from the application of the formulae used in rating established energy supply utilities and the implications of this are now being considered.