Written question asked by Lord Bruce of Bennachie (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 22 October 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 November 2004. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Thursday, 18 November 2004 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make a statement on the member states' national allocation plans and the treatment of combined heat and power.

Answer: Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the member states' national allocation plans and the treatment of combined heat and power. [193823] Mr. Morley: All member states with the exception of Greece have now submitted their National Allocation Plans (NAPs) to the European Commission. Eight of the NAPs, including the UK NAP, were approved in July 2004. A further eight were approved in October 2004. Five of these decisions (including the decision with respect to the UK) were conditional on member states providing additional information. The commission is expected to issue decisions on the remaining eight submitted NAPs by the end of the year or early in the new year. The allocation to existing combined heat and power (CHP) installations will be done on the same basis as for other installations. All new and extended CHP installations which come online from 1 January 2004 onwards will be eligible to apply for allowances from the new entry reserve (NER). In addition, the Government have now decided to seek the commission's agreement to extending eligibility to apply to the NER to include significant increases in `Good Quality' capacity of CHP schemes.

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