§ Joan RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the estimated cost is of delivering a 100,000 solar PV roof programme funded by 50 per cent. capital grants by 2010; and if she will make a statement. [79949]
§ Mr. WilsonThe 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.