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Lord BerkeleyLabour- Quote
- asked Her Majesty's Government: What are the objectives of the Energy Saving Trust and the Carbon Trust; what is their corporate status; how much they receive in grants from the Government; and for what purposes. [HL6531]
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- The Energy Saving Trust and the Carbon Trust are independent private companies limited by guarantee. In 2007-08, the Carbon Trust received £95.5 million in grant funding from the Government to deliver our objective of accelerating the move to a low-carbon economy by helping organisations reduce their carbon emissions and develop commercial low-carbon technologies. In 2007-08, the Energy Saving Trust received £38 million in grant funding from the Government to deliver their objective to encourage and promote the sustainable and efficient use of energy in households, as well as low-carbon transport infrastructure. The trusts have separate funding arrangements with the devolved Administrations.
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- Lord BerkeleyLabour
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- asked Her Majesty's Government: What are the responsibilities of the Energy Saving Trust and the Carbon Trust for supporting local authority housing energy-saving measures; what are their loan schemes for energy efficiency in business; and what support they provide for microgeneration. [HL6532]
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Lord Hunt of Kings HeathLabour- Quote
- The Energy Saving Trust has two key local authority services for housing: “Practical Help” and the One-to-One support programme. These services provide advice and support through web-based materials, training and consultancies to local authorities. They also provide individual support to review local authority performance on climate change mitigation and implement their action plans. Through the local authority carbon management programme, the Carbon Trust provides councils with technical and change management support and guidance to help them realise carbon emissions savings. The primary focus of the work is to reduce emissions under the control of the local authority such as its own estate, vehicle fleets, street lighting and landfill sites. With regard to loan schemes, the Carbon Trust offers energy efficiency loans which are designed to reduce carbon emissions by enabling businesses to overcome the capital barrier of purchasing energy-saving equipment. Loans are interest free, provided on an unsecured basis and are typically for £5,000 to £200,000. With regard to microgeneration, the Energy Saving Trust (EST) administers the Government's low-carbon buildings programme, which provides grants for microgeneration. EST advice centres also provide advice on microgeneration to household consumers. The Carbon Trust supports market acceleration and directed research into microgeneration technologies, including advanced solar PV (photovoltaic) and micro-CHP (combined heat and power).
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- Lord BerkeleyLabour
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- asked Her Majesty's Government: What overheads and operating costs would be saved by merging the Energy Saving Trust and the Carbon Trust. [HL6533]
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- Lord Hunt of Kings HeathLabour
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- Defra is conducting a review of delivery bodies which support business, consumers and the public sector in carbon reduction and resource efficiency. The review covers a number of bodies sponsored by Defra before the machinery of government changes of 3 October and includes the Carbon Trust and Energy Saving Trust, which are now sponsored by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. The review is looking at a wide range of options, including rationalisation, and will report on options considered and possible savings in 2009.
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- Lord BerkeleyLabour
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- asked Her Majesty's Government: To which government departments the Energy Saving Trust and the Carbon Trust are responsible. [HL6534]
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- Lord Hunt of Kings HeathLabour
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- Following recent machinery of government changes, responsibility for sponsorship of the Energy Saving Trust and the Carbon Trust has transferred from Defra to the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
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