§ Mr. WattsTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures her Department is putting in place to promote energy efficiency. [9561]
§ Mr. Meacher[holding answer 1 November 2001]The Department is taking the lead on a range of measures to promote energy efficiency including:
We are consulting on the Energy Efficiency Commitment for 2002–05, which will place an obligation on gas and electricity suppliers to make energy efficiency improvements, through measures provided to their domestic consumers.
The Home Energy Efficiency Scheme, a programme costing over £150 million in 2001–02, is targeted on fuel poverty and is designed to improve the energy efficiency of 800,000 homes by 2004.
The Department provides the Energy Saving Trust and the Carbon Trust with over £65 million of funding in 2001–02, to support their work of promoting energy efficiency in the domestic and non-domestic sectors of the economy.
The Market Transformation Programme, worth £545,000 in 2001–02, encourages the deployment and take-up of energy efficient domestic appliances.