§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of
760W the change in costs incurred by local education authority maintained schools as a result of the introduction of the climate change levy. [38586]
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§ Margaret Hodge[holding answer 4 March 2002]: Our assessment is that for a school that must pay the climate change levy (CCL), the increase in fuel costs in the financial year 2001–02 due to the levy was of the order of 10 per cent.
Not all schools have to pay the CCL. Those schools which are eligible to pay the lower rate of VAT on fuel of 5 per cent. are exempt from the levy.
Electricity sourced from new forms of renewable energy is also exempt from the CCL, as are supplies from registered sources of "good quality" combined heat and power.