Written question asked by Mark Todd (Labour) on Tuesday, 2 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 4 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 how many (a) positive and (b) negative responses there were to the consultation on implementation of the Carbon Reduction Commitment.

Answer: The majority of respondents to the 2006 consultation agreed with the outline proposals for what has become the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme.The details of the proposed scheme were set out in the 2009 Consultation on the Draft Order to implement the scheme. There were 276 respondents who addressed 65 questions. Of the 8,179 responses 5,556 were positive; 2,254 indicated concern either with the proposed policy or the associated legal drafting; and 369 were registered as ““don't know””.A full breakdown of responses to the March 2009 Consultation on the Draft Order to implement the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme was published on 7 October 2009 and is available on the DECC website:"http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/consultations/crc/crc.aspx"

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