To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the cost was of the energy review process, excluding legal costs incurred during the judicial review. (175680)

The total cost of the Energy Review process was approximately £2 million (excluding legal costs incurred during the judicial review).

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much was spent on external consultancies in the preparation of (a) energy review, Our Energy Challenge, The Energy Challenge and (b) Meeting the Energy Challenge. (175681)

The total cost of external consultants involved in the Energy Review process was approximately £1.8 million.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the costs were of printing Our Energy Challenge, The Energy Challenge; and how many copies were printed. (175682)

The total cost of producing the Energy Review consultation document “Our Energy Challenge”, and the Energy Review report “The Energy Challenge” was approximately £104,000. This figure covers charges for typesetting and printing both documents.

2,600 copies of the Energy Review consultation document “Our Energy Challenge” were printed, and 2,800 copies of the Energy Review report “The Energy Challenge”.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the costs were of printing Meeting the Energy Challenge; and how many copies were printed. (175683)

The total cost of producing the Energy White Paper “Meeting the Energy Challenge” was approximately £112,000. This figure covers charges for typesetting and printing.

4,000 copies of the Energy White Paper were printed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform which external consultants were used by his Department and its predecessor in the preparation of the energy review, Our Energy Challenge, The Energy Challenge and Meeting the Energy Challenge. (175684)

Consultants appointed as specialist advisers to the Energy Review were: academics from Imperial College London and Manchester University; AEA Technology Environment; Deloitte; E4Tech; Econnect; Ernst and Young; Global Insight; Poyry Energy (previously called Ilex); Jackson Consulting; Jade Energy Ltd., Morgan Stanley; Nera Economic Consulting, Oxera Consulting; Oxford Economic Forecasting, Redpoint Energy, Wade, Wood McKenzie.