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Written question asked by Michael Dugher (Labour) on Thursday, 13 October 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 October 2016. It was answered by Jesse Norman (Conservative) on Wednesday, 19 October 2016 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Solar Power: Staff

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people were employed in the solar energy sector in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley, (c) Yorkshire and the Humber, (d) England and (e) the UK in the latest period for which figures are available.

Answer

In 2014, 9,500 FTE employees were estimated to have been directly employed in the solar photovoltaic sector in the UK, including 9,000 in England. BEIS does not hold data that is broken down by region, and data for the solar thermal sector is not available.

Further detail can be viewed online through the UK Environmental Accounts: UK Solar Photovoltaic Sector 2014, (part of Low carbon and renewable energy economy, final estimates: 2014) at:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/articles/ukenvironmentalaccountsuksolarphotovoltaicsector2014/uksolarphotovoltaicsector2014

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/datasets/lcreestimatesdataset.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
48588
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Staff Solar power
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk