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The UK continues to make progress on renewable energy in electricity, heat and transport. The cost of policies over the last five years (2009/10-2013/14) averaged at £2,396m per annum (see table 1 below).<\/p>

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Table 1: Policy costs by sector over time (£m)*<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

Sector <\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2009/10<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2010/11<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2011/12<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2012/13<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2013/14<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Electricity**<\/p><\/td>

£1,120<\/p><\/td>

£1,300<\/p><\/td>

£1,609<\/p><\/td>

£2,498<\/p><\/td>

£3,290<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Heat<\/p><\/td>

<\/td> <\/td>

£2<\/p><\/td>

£27<\/p><\/td>

£52<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Transport<\/p><\/td>

£352<\/p><\/td>

£453<\/p><\/td>

£538<\/p><\/td>

£345<\/p><\/td>

£398<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

£1,471<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

£1,752<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

£2,148<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

£2,869<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

£3,740<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

*in millions of nominal GBP. Discrepancies due to rounding.<\/em><\/p>

**this information is publicly available \u2013 sources are set out below. Figures for 14/15 not available yet. There was no spend between 2009/10 to 2013/14 on Contracts for Difference.<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

This information was taken from publicly available sources: for electricity, by multiplying \u2018total obligation (ROCs) and \u2018buy-out\u2019 price (£ per ROC) for the Renewables Obligation spend:<\/p>

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