HC Deb 19 October 1992 vol 212 cc227-8W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the proportion of awards to applications made by industries, respectively, to the(a) environmental management options scheme, (b) environmental technology innovations scheme and (c) Euroenviron scheme, as managed by his Department; and if he will indicate for each scheme the average lead time, respectively, between application and award or notification of rejection.

Mr. Eggar

The Department's three environmental technology support schemes all entail a two stage application process. The figures given below therefore indicate the proportion of applications rejected at each stage. The average lead times quoted include the time taken to find project partners and the time taken by applicants to submit Stage 2 applications and provide information needed to enable the appraisal to take place, as well as the time taken to undertake technical and financial appraisals by DTI and the scheme consultants. The environmental technology innovation scheme (ETIS) is jointly administered by DTI and DoE and figures for applications referred to DoE are also included. The information requested is as follows:

Departmental Environmental Management Options Scheme
(Demos)
Applications approved
Proportion of stage 1 applications invited to stage 2: 36 per cent.
Of these, proportion as yet received by DTI: 30 per cent.
Stage 2 applications approved: 19 per cent.
Average lead times
Stage 1 application to final approval: 11 months
Rejected at stage 1: 9 weeks
Rejected at stage 2: 7 months

Environmental Technology Innovation Scheme (ETIS)
DTI
Applications approved
Proportion of Stage 1 applications invited to stage 2: 19 per cent.
Of these, proportion as yet received by DTI: 35 per cent.
Stage 2 applications approved: 38 per cent.
Average lead times
Stage 1 application to final approval: 10 months
Rejected at stage 1: 7 weeks
Rejected at stage 2: 5 months

DoE
Applications approved
Proportion of stage 1 applications invited to stage 2: 16 per cent.
Of these, proportion as yet received by DoE: 20 per cent.
Proportion of stage 2 applications approved: 86 per cent.
Average lead times
Stage 1 application to final approval: 10 months
Rejected at stage 2: None

Note: At stage 1, a joint decision is taken as to which Department will deal with the application. Broadly speaking, DoE deal with applications which are standards related and DTI with the rest.

Euroenviron
Applications approved
Proportion of stage 1 applications invited to stage 2: 100 per cent.
Of these, proportion as yet received by DTI: 17 per cent.
Proportion of stage 2 applications approved: 75 per cent.

Note:There are a number of applications in the pipeline which may yet proceed to stage 2.

Average lead times
From stage 1 to final approval: 9 months
Rejected at stage 1: None rejected
Rejected at stage 2: None

Note: If applicants invited to stage 2 do not proceed any further with their application after 12 months, they are notified that no further action will be taken until such time as they decide to resurrect their project proposal.