Climate Change
House of Lords
Lord Donoughue (Labour)
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the Department of Energy and Climate Change has spent on climate change initiatives since May 2010.
Lord Marland (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Energy and Climate Change; Conservative)
Most of the Department of Energy and Climate Change's expenditure contributes to some extent to mitigating the impact of climate change. The department's published annual accounts record which of DECC's strategic objectives expenditure primarily relates to. This information can be found at the links below for 2009-10 and 2010-11. The 2011-12 accounts are currently being audited and will be published on DECC's website shortly before the Summer Parliamentary Recess. The 2011-12 information will be contained in note 2 to the accounts.
2009-10 accounts: http://www.decc.gov.uk/assets/decc/ Annual%20Reports%20Accounts%20and%20 Business%20Plans/2010/218-decc-resource-2009-10.pdf
See note 3 on page 70.
2010/11 accounts: http://www.decc.gov.uk/assets/decc/ 11/about-us/goals-commitments/2212-decc-annual-report-20102011.pdf.
See note 2 on page 86.