§ Mr. BradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what estimate he has made of the impact of the climate change levy on school budgets for 2001–02. [154152]
§ Ms Estelle Morris[holding answer 16 March 2001]: The climate change levy is broadly revenue neutral. Revenue raised through the levy will finance reductions in employers' National Insurance Contributions and expenditure on energy efficiency measures. The impact of the levy on any sector or business will depend on a number of factors such as employment levels, energy efficiency and the extent to which exempt energy is used. I would expect that as large employers the majority of local authorities will be net gainers from the levy.
Where particular categories of maintained school are entitled to relief from the levy by virtue of their charitable status, local education authorities are free to reflect this in their school funding formulae if they so wish.