To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 10 May 2007, Official Report, columns 365-66W, on schools: combined heat and power, which local planning authorities require new schools of over 1,000m² in area to install on-site renewable energy to supply a proportion of the predicted building's energy load; and if he will make a statement. (138372)

We do not collect information on which local planning authorities require new schools to install on-site renewable energy to supply a proportion of the predicted building's load. However, the Town and Country Planning Association conducted their own survey of local planning authorities¹ in 2006 asking this question. This showed that nearly 60 per cent. of the 212 councils that replied (out of the 387 sent the survey) had a policy adopted or in draft form at that time. A further 20 per cent. were considering adopting a policy and 20 per cent. had not considered adopting a policy. Since that date more local planning authorities have adopted a policy following the strengthening of the policy recommendations in Policy Planning Statement 22 on Renewable Energy, by the Department for Communities and Local Government, in June 2006.

¹ Reported in the issue of Building Magazine dated 28-07-2007.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 10 May 2007, Official Report, columns 365-66W, on schools: combined heat and power, how many new school buildings over 1,000m² in area built in the last five years use microgeneration facilities. (138373)

We do not know how many new schools built in the last five years use microgeneration.