§ Paddy TippingTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when her review of the combined heat arid power strategy will be published. [10423]
§ Mr. MeacherWe will be issuing a draft Government strategy for consultation by the end of this year.
§ Paddy TippingTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make it her policy to exempt combined heat and power from the climate change levy. [10424]
§ Mr. MeacherAll good quality CHP fuel use and heat supply is exempt from the climate change levy, as is power supplied on site or direct to known users. Any changes to these arrangements would be a matter for the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
§ Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many individual generators there were; what was the installed capacity of combined heat and power; and how much total power was generated from combined heat and power in each month between January 2000 and October 2001. [9936]
§ Mr. MeacherComprehensive data on CHP capacity are produced in the annual Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), which is published each July. Data collated from the year 2000, show there were 1,556 CHP schemes in operation, CHP capacity totalled 4,632 MWe, with a total of 23,295 GWh total power output. No data are available for the individual months between January 2000 and October 2001.
§ Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what further measures the Government will introduce to encourage the installation of combined heat and power to ensure that its target is reached by 2010; [9933]
(2) what is the installed capacity for combined heat and power; and how much her Department estimates this installed capacity will be in (a) 2005 and (b) 2010; [9934]
(3) what proportion of combined heat and power capacity has been lost since the introduction of the New Electricity Trading Arrangements in March. [9935]
§ Mr. MeacherI refer the hon. Member to the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Lewisham, Deptford (Joan Ruddock) on 17 October 2001,Official Report, column 1082W.
§ Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when the Government's combined heat and power strategy will be published. [9932]
§ Mr. MeacherWe will be issuing a draft Government strategy for consultation by the end of this year.