HC Deb 05 June 2003 vol 406 cc532-3W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to her answer of 16 May 2003,Official Report, column 462W, on environmental impact assessments, if she will list (a) the support schemes and (b) the criteria to which she referred for assessing the environmental impact of businesses to whom grants are awarded. [116261]

Ms Hewitt

The DTI is involved in 14 schemes which deal with energy efficiency and the environment. Three of these schemes include a grant element and are designed specifically to have a positive effect on the environment by assisting individual businesses. The schemes are:

  1. 1. Biowise. Link to assessment criteria: www.biowise.org.uk
  2. 2. New and Renewable Energy programme. Link to assessment criteria: www.dti.gov.uk/energy/renewables/support/research
  3. 3. Solar Power Grants. Link to assessment criteria: www.est.co.uk/solar