To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much in total Government funding in subsidies for (a) onshore wind and (b) offshore wind was given in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.

Large-scale wind generation in the UK is supported by the renewables obligation (RO) while small-scale wind projects in Great Britain are supported by the feed-in tariff (FiT) scheme. The following table shows the number and total value of renewable obligation certificates (ROCs) issued to onshore and offshore wind generators under the RO that have been redeemed¹ against the 2012-13 obligations² in the UK:

The value of support under the RO is calculated by multiplying the number of ROCs that suppliers have redeemed by the value of a ROC. Although the actual value of a ROC to a generator will be determined by the market, the nominal value of a ROC for 2012-13 was £44.48. Figures for 2013-14 are not provided because the number of ROCs redeemed by suppliers, and the nominal value of a ROC, will not be confirmed until after 1 July 2014. This is the deadline by which suppliers must present ROCs to Ofgem for redemption in respect of the 2013-14 obligation period.

Data on financial support for installations under the FiT scheme are not available for individual technologies. Ofgem publish data on payments made to FiT generators on their website. For the last complete FiT year (2012-13) total scheme costs were £506.3 million for 1,675 GWh of renewable generation. By the end of September 2013 nearly 5,000 onshore wind installations had been registered under the FiT scheme.

¹ 2012-13 ROCs redeemed by technology available at:

https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportManager.aspx?ReportVisibility=1&ReportCategory=0

(Compliance certificates report). Nominal value of a ROC calculated as total value of obligation (£1991 million, including Ofgem's administration costs of £4.2 million), divided by total number of ROCs redeemed (44,773,499), both values published in Ofgem's 2012-13 RO annual report, available at:

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/renewables-obligation-ro-annual-report-2012-2013

² There are three renewables obligations, one covering England and Wales, and one each in Scotland and Northern Ireland.