HC Deb 03 November 1998 vol 318 cc457-8W
Mr. Stunell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list(a) the statutory bodies and agencies which receive Government funding to promote energy efficiency and (b) the level of funding each received in the last year for which figures are available. [57907]

Mr. Meale

In 1997–98, the Government provided funding to 6 organisations to carry out programmes promoting energy efficiency. None is a statutory body or agency. Details of the funding they received are as follows:

Organisation £ million
BRECSU (Energy Efficiency Best Practice programme) 7.9
ETSU (Energy Efficiency Best Practice programme) 7.8
EAGA Ltd. (Home Energy Efficiency Scheme) 74.3
Energy Action (Scotland) 0.1
NEA 0.7
Energy Saving Trust 19.7

Mr. Stunell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how much his Department spent on the promotion of energy efficiency in the United Kingdom in each of the last three years. [57906]

Mr. Meale

The funding made available by my Department on programmes to promote energy efficiency across all sectors in the United Kingdom in the years 1995–96, 1996–97 and 1997–98 is set out as follows:

  • 1995–96: £128.5 million
  • 1996–97: £116.0 million
  • 1997–98: £110.5 million.

Under the government's Comprehensive Spending Review, my Department's spending on programmes to promote energy efficiency is planned to rise to a total of £222.6 million in 2001–02.