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Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by Owen Smith (Labour). It was answered on Wednesday, 8 February 2012 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.


Farming (Economic Growth and Green Jobs)

Question
I thank the Minister for his answer. Has he made any assessment of the number of solar feed-in tariff projects on farm buildings that have been cancelled as a result of the Department’s mishandling of the FIT review?
Answer

I am afraid that the answer is that I have no estimate of that figure because, as the hon. Gentleman knows, that is a matter for the Department of Energy and Climate Change rather than DEFRA. Obviously, I am aware of the overall issue and the recent court hearings on the subject, but DEFRA does not have the statistics that he seeks.


Secondary information

Type
Oral question
Reference
WGC c12 
Session
2010-12
Oral question type
1st Supplementary
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons Grand Committees
Subjects
Agriculture Farms Wales Solar power Feed-in tariffs
Link
View this Oral question on www.publications.parliament.uk