To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what estimate he has made of the cost of meeting the UK's provisional target under the proposed Renewable Energy Directive of 15 per cent. of total energy coming from renewable sources by 2020 with levels of use of biofuels of (a) 1 per cent. by volume of the road fuel market, (b) 5 per cent. by volume of the road fuel market, (c) 10 per cent. by volume of the road fuel market and (d) 10 per cent. of final consumption of energy used in transport. (210207)

[holding answer 11 June 2008]: There could be a range of different costs to meet the UK's share of the renewable energy target, depending on a range of factors. We will be setting out initial analysis of the potential costs of meeting the target in our renewable energy consultation, which will be published over the summer.