§ Sue DoughtyTo ask the Secretary of State for Environmental Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated total cost is of delivering a 10 year 70,000 solar PV roof programme, funded by 50 per cent capital grants; and if she will make a statement. [79662]
§ Mr. WilsonI have been asked to reply.
The Government Industry Photovoltaic Group Report of March 2001 recommended "The most effective means of encouraging the deployment of PV in the UK would be a major Market Stimulation Programme featuring a 50 per cent capital grant for 70,000 domestic roofs and a similar grant scheme for larger non—domestic buildings costing around £150 million over 10 years." Taken together this is equivalent to a 100,000 PV roofs programme.