§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what financial incentives she has considered in the development of the Government's Combined Heat and Power Strategy Paper; and if she will make a statement. [159211]
§ Mr. MorleyThe measures to support CHP announced in the Energy White Paper, taken together with the measures we have previously introduced and detailed in the draft CHP Strategy, will significantly help CHP. These include
exemption from the climate change levy for fuel inputs and electricity outputs from Good Quality CHP;the £50 million Community Energy programme promoting community heating;eligibility for Enhanced Capital Allowances; anda reduction in VAT to 5 per cent. for certain grant funded domestic micro-CHP installations.We will set out the full range of support measures in the Government's Strategy for CHP to 2010, which we intend to publish after the Easter Recess.
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§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she last visited a combined heat and power plant; and if she will make a statement. [159212]
§ Mr. MorleyMinisters and officials meet regularly with the Combined Heat and Power Association and members of the industry and have visited a number of CHP schemes.