Energy and Climate Change written question – answered at on 20 June 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much funding from the public purse his Department allocated to each energy sector in the latest period for which figures are available.
Budgets for 2011-12 have been allocated to energy sectors as follows:
Sector | Expenditure (£ million) |
Nuclear | 44 |
Renewables | 15 |
Oil and Gas | 13 |
Carbon Capture and Storage | 12 |
Other Low Carbon | 70 |
Historical Energy Liabilities (nuclear and coal) | 2,355 |
This represents 78% of the total budget for 2011-12 of £3.0 billion. The remaining budget will mainly be spent on combating fuel poverty in the UK, programmes to improve energy efficiency and international energy and climate change issues.
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