HC Deb 11 July 2001 vol 371 cc575-6W
Llew Smith

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list those seconded to the Cabinet Office Performance and Innovation Unit to work on the current study of renewable energy, indicating in each case their qualifications. [1768]

Mr. Leslie

There are seven secondees and two external advisers working in the Performance and Innovation Unit on the current study of resource productivity and renewable energy.

The Performance and Innovation Unit undertakes a wide search to select the most suitably qualified secondees for its projects and while it is current government practice not to disclose information on individual qualifications, details of those seconded to this particular project are on the Performance and Innovation Unit website.

They are:

Civil Service Secondees Catriona Laing—Department for International Development Ian Coates—Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

Private and Voluntary Sector or Academic Secondees Samantha Armstrong—Environmental Resources Management (ERM) Nick Eyre—Energy Saving Trust Robert Gross—Imperial College Centre for Energy Policy and Technology Dr. Catherine Mitchell—Warwick Business School William Nickerson—Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

External Advisers Professor Jake Chapman—Professor of Energy Systems at the Open University Ian Christie—Associate Director with the consultancy Local Futures Group.