§ Mr. BlairTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list the amount of public sector support given directly or indirectly since 1979 to each non-fossil fuel source of power including all forms of renewable energy.
§ Mr. ParkinsonExpenditure since 1979 by the Department of Energy on its renewables programme and payments made to the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) in support of its nuclear energy programme are set out in the tables. Other public sector contributions towards the renewables programmes in which the Department is involved are mainly from the Central Electricity Generating Board, together with other parts of the electricity supply industry, the Science and Engineering Research Council and the Natural Environment Research Council. Other public sector contributions to the UKAEA's nuclear energy programme are from the Department of the Environment, British Nuclear Fuels, the electricity supply industry and NI R EX. Figures for these other public sector contributions are not readily available over the period and could not be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.