Written question asked by Brian White (Labour) on Wednesday, 27 October 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 16 November 2004. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Tuesday, 16 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, what steps her Department will take to stimulate the market for micro-combined heat and power and domestic heat pumps as a result of the recent field trials.

Answer: Brian White: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps her Department will take to stimulate the market for micro- combined heat and power and domestic heat pumps as a result of the recent field trials. [195184] Mr. Morley: In our Energy White Paper, we made a commitment to support field trials to evaluate the benefits of micro-CHP. The field trials are currently ongoing and are expected to produce meaningful results sometime in 2006. The results will help us determine the appropriateness of any further measures, if any, that might be necessary to support the development of micro-CHP.

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