Several Government policies apply. These include the Climate Change Levy (CCL), Climate Change Agreements (CCAs) and the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC). In addition, this Government has introduced the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) to further encourage business energy efficiency.<\/p>
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The Department reports the number of (a) Green Deal Assessments, (b) Green Deal Plans in unique properties and (c) measures installed using Green Deal finance by month in the following Official Statistics publication in Tables 2, 3 and 3a respectively:<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/green-deal-and-energy-company-obligation-eco-monthly-statistics-october-2014<\/a><\/p> DECC currently only publish cumulative totals to the end of each quarter for any geographic breakdown tables (i.e. for Scotland, England and Wales). My department reports the number of Green Deal Assessments, and 'live' Green Deal Plans (with measures installed) in unique properties by region, up to 30th June 2014 in Tables 1.6 and 1.7 respectively in the quarterly official statistics publication:<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/green-deal-energy-company-obligation-eco-and-insulation-levels-in-great-britain-quarterly-report-to-june-2014<\/a><\/p> Cumulative totals to previous totals are also available in previous quarterly publications.<\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/155871/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " A report published by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills contains estimates of the number of jobs within the wider low carbon and environmental goods and services sector from 2007/08 to 2011/12 (figures for earlier years are not available) and can be found at:<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/low-carbon-and-environmental-goods-and-services-2011-to-2012<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/155872", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Energy and Climate Change"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/155872/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Department of Energy and Climate Change does not have an overall estimate of jobs in the low carbon and environmental goods and services sector in each year from 2015 to 2030.<\/p> However, the Department recently published a comprehensive assessment of investment and employment in UK energy sectors1<\/sup>, including an estimate that Electricity Market Reform will help support up to 250,000 jobs in low carbon electricity generation by 2020.<\/p> <\/p> [1]<\/strong><\/em> DECC (July 2014) Delivering UK Energy Investment: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/331071/DECC_Energy_Investment_Report.pdf<\/a> <\/em><\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of how many jobs there will be in the low carbon and environmental goods and services sector in each year from 2015 to 2030.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/155879/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Department is unable to provide a breakdown of measures installed under the Energy Companies Obligation by measure type by country by month. This would require additional resource to extract this data (beyond the time/cost limit for named day PQs) as this level of information is not currently published by DECC. DECC currently only publish cumulative totals to the end of each quarter for any geographic breakdown tables. Attached Table 1 shows the provisional number of ECO measures by ECO obligation by country by quarter, up to 30th<\/sup> June 2014.<\/p> The provisional number of ECO measures by (b) obligation, in (i) Scotland, (ii) England and (iii) Wales is published in Table 1.11 of the quarterly official statistics:<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/green-deal-energy-company-obligation-eco-and-insulation-levels-in-great-britain-quarterly-report-to-june-2014<\/a><\/p> <\/p>"}
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}
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, "title" : "Prov no. ECO measures by ECO obligation by country"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of measures installed under the Energy Companies Obligation by (a) measure and (b) obligation in (i) Scotland, (ii) England and (iii) Wales in each month since January 2013.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/156130", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Energy and Climate Change"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/156130/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " A report published by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills contains estimates of the number of jobs supported across the wider low carbon and environmental goods and services sector. The report, published in July 2013, is available here:<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/low-carbon-and-environmental-goods-and-services-2011-to-2012<\/a>.<\/p> The report does not explicitly refer to the energy efficiency sector, but it does present estimates of employment in the low carbon building technologies and energy management sectors from 2007/08 to 2011/12 (figures for earlier years are not available). The estimates of employment in the two sectors contained within the report include both those employed directly and those employed indirectly in the wider supply chain.<\/p>"}
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}
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, "title" : "LCEGS Report 2011-12"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of people employed in the energy efficiency industry in each year since 2005.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100155", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Energy and Climate Change"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100155/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The larger energy suppliers have provided yearly smart and advanced meter installation forecasts to DECC, which were published in the \u2018Second Annual Report on the Roll-out of Smart Meters\u2019 in December 2013:<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/second-annual-progress-report-on-the-roll-out-of-smart-meters<\/a><\/p> These figures will be updated in the next annual report based on the most recent projections by suppliers. It should be noted that these figures do not include any of the smaller suppliers\u2019 estimates, nor take into account any growth in customer numbers.<\/p> DECC does not project bill impacts on a quarter by quarter basis and DECC\u2019s latest prices and bills report from March 2013 contained projected bill impacts from smart metering for 2013, 2020 and 2030:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Business Area<\/strong><\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/td> 2010-11<\/strong><\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/td> 2011-12<\/strong><\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/td> 2012-13<\/strong><\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/td> 2013-14<\/strong><\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/td><\/tr> <\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/td> £(k)<\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/td> £(k)<\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/td> £(k)<\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/td> £(k)<\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/td><\/tr> Unconventional Oil & Gas<\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/td> -<\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/td> -<\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/td> -<\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/td> 448<\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/td><\/tr> OCCS<\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/td> 1,419<\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/td> 1,762<\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/td> 2,515<\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/td> 2,570<\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/td><\/tr> HR<\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/td> 1,385<\/ins><\/p>Business Area<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td>2010-11<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td>2011-12<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td>2012-13<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td>2013-14<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/del><\/td>£(k)<\/del><\/p><\/td>£(k)<\/del><\/p><\/td>£(k)<\/del><\/p><\/td>£(k)<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>Unconventional Oil & Gas<\/del><\/p><\/td>-<\/del><\/p><\/td>-<\/del><\/p><\/td>-<\/del><\/p><\/td>448<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>OCCS<\/del><\/p><\/td>1,419<\/del><\/p><\/td>1,762<\/del><\/p><\/td>2,515<\/del><\/p><\/td>2,570<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>HR<\/del><\/p><\/td>1,385<\/del><\/p><\/td>1,614<\/del><\/p><\/td>1,968<\/del><\/p><\/td>2,044<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>EMR Delivery Unit<\/del><\/p><\/td>-<\/del><\/p><\/td>-<\/del><\/p><\/td>-<\/del><\/p><\/td>4,299<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>Communications (incl. Press Office)<\/del><\/p><\/td>1,764<\/del><\/p><\/td>1,408<\/del><\/p><\/td>1,643<\/del><\/p><\/td>2,384<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/ins> <\/ins> <\/ins> <\/ins> <\/ins> <\/ins> <\/ins> <\/ins> <\/ins> <\/ins> <\/ins> <\/ins> <\/ins> <\/ins> <\/ins> <\/ins> <\/ins> <\/ins> <\/ins> <\/ins> <\/ins> <\/ins>