Written question asked by Mark Todd (Labour) on Friday, 29 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 2 February 2010. It was answered by Joan Ruddock (Labour) on Tuesday, 9 February 2010 on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what criteria his Department is using to evaluate the effectiveness of the Carbon Reduction Commitment.

Answer: Government will monitor the carbon reductions and the energy savings through the reporting mechanisms of the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme itself. These data will be public. We will also undertake work during the first phase which will consider the overall costs and benefits (including total cost savings) to participants. In the longer term, the effectiveness of the CRC in reducing carbon emissions will be determined by the emissions cap which will apply from 2013. In setting the cap, Government will consider advice from the Committee on Climate Change later this year, the available cost-effective emissions reductions and the potential in the CRC sector to contribute to achieving our carbon budgets.

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