§ Mr. SayeedTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what costs were incurred in setting up her Department's quality assessment programme for combined heat and power to 31 March 2001; [35390]
(2) what the anticipated operational costs are of the Department's quality assessment programme for combined heat and power for the financial year 2001–02; [35391]
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§ Mr. MeacherThe costs incurred in setting up and running the Combined Heat and Power Quality Assurance programme (CHPQA) to 31 March 2001 was around £765,000. The anticipated operational costs of the CHPQA for 2001–02 is around £625,000.
§ Mr. SayeedTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what estimates her Department has made of the operational costs for the running of the CHP Club in 2001–02; [35394]
(2) what costs were incurred in setting up the Department's CHP Club; and what its operational costs were in the financial year 2000–01. [35393]
§ Mr. MeacherThe CHP Club provides a one-stop shop for independent information and guidance for potential and new users on the design, implementation, and operation of CHP schemes. Responsibility for the management of the Government's Energy Efficiency Best Practice programme including the CHP Club will soon be passed to the Carbon Trust. The total cost of setting up and operating the CHP Club in 2000–01 was around £200,000. The cost of running the club in 2001–02 is expected to be a similar amount.
§ Mr. SayeedTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she is taking to ensure that the Government's CHP target is reflected in her Department's aims and objectives. [35388]
§ Mr. MeacherThe Government target of 10,000 MWe of installed CHP by 2010 will make a significant contribution to DEFRA's objectives to promote sustainable management and prudent use of natural resources domestically and internationally. The CHP target will also contribute to DEFRA's future public service agreement targets.
§ Mr. SayeedTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the procedure is by which applicants qualify for inclusion in the Government's quality assessment procedure for combined heat and power; and whether this procedure requires periodic re-assessment. [35392]
§ Mr. MeacherThe Combined Heat and Power Quality Assurance programme (CHPQA) provides a practical, determinate method for assessing CHP schemes. Operators are required to self-assess their scheme, based on actual performance data, which is subject to validation and verification. A CHPQA certificate is then issued detailing the parameters qualifying as "good quality" CHP. All CHPQA certificates are valid to 31 December of the year of issue, whereupon applicants must submit a fresh self-assessment based on the previous year's data.