To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many meetings he and his Ministers have had in the last 12 months with (a) the Department for Communities and Local Government and (b) HM Treasury on the promotion of (i) decentralised energy and (ii) combined heat and power technologies. (103262)

[holding answer 27 November 2006]: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and I have held regular discussions in the last 12 months with the Department of Communities and Local Government/HMT on a range of energy issues including the promotion of decentralised energy and combined heat and power technologies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent discussions he has had with British Energy on the future of energy in the UK. (106856)

As a stakeholder in British Energy, Ministers and officials of the DTI have regular meetings with the company to discuss a range of business and energy-related issues.