(2) how much funding his Department has provided through grants for research and development for projects relating to (a) energy generation, (b) renewable energy generation, (c) energy transmission and (d) energy efficiency in each of the last five years, broken down by region.
[holding answer 10 July 2008]: The following tables cover funding provided to projects relating to energy generation, renewable energy generation and energy transmission. No figures are provided for energy efficiency however as a significant proportion of the Technology Strategy Board's current portfolio of 750 projects with a combined business and Government investment of over £1 billion, are driven by considerations of efficiency, both energy and natural resource. Identifying relevant projects and providing a regional breakdown for these can be achieved only at disproportionate cost.
The funding identified in the tables cover grants awarded by Energy Group in the then DTI, both prior to, and following the establishment of the advisory Technology Strategy Board, to October 2004. It also includes grants awarded by the executive Technology Strategy Board, established on 1 July 2007. It does not include grants awarded in the area of clean coal technologies, worth £5 million in 2003-04, and approximately £6.5 million in 2004-05. Identifying and providing a regional breakdown for these projects can be achieved only at disproportionate cost.
The regional breakdown provided relates to the location of the lead partner in a consortium. It does not therefore reflect the funding provided to organisations based in each of the regions.
£ 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2000-07 2007-08 East Midlands 1,783,409 934,932 1,798,893 2,087,397 2,863,541 East of England 0 3,880,892 0 1,188,846 2,232,816 London 477,000 304,500 0 1,358,568 2,172,591 North East 4,508,163 304,129 2,112,719 184,523 1,954,915 North West 224,339 1,040,100 687,072 212,721 322,271 N Ireland 0 42,170 0 0 0 Scotland 3,725,974 478,260 1,876,729 0 4,737,367 South East 1,361,990 6,939,332 2,987,893 2,198,825 5,672,088 South West 5,208,057 1,308,367 1,628,662 1,484,967 958,668 Wales 0 0 574,802 0 0 West Midlands 519,587 81,966 2,536.958 1,140,926 1,288,459 Yorkshire 27,250 403,728 0 227,746 391,466
£ 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 East Midlands 45,829 934,932 0 861,000 1,319.009 East of England 0 3,536,000 0 1,186,846 524,318 London 477,000 304,500 0 695,034 0 North East 3,783,538 130,286 1.044,843 0 1,344,915 North West 94,250 1,015,778 0 0 0 N Ireland 0 42,170 0 0 0 Scotland 3,694,436 235,861 1,025,866 0 777,473 South East 971,530 4,773,644 0 1,689,108 4,738,025 South West 5,208,057 1,308,367 605,159 1,484,967 0 Wales 0 0 574,802 0 0 West Midlands 400,000 81,966 0 1,140,926 0 Yorkshire 27,250 403,728 0 227,746 391,466
£ 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 East Midlands 0 0 0 1,226,397 704,874 East of England 0 324,892 0 0 0 London 0 0 0 661,534 0 North East 724,625 173,843 1,067,876 184,523 32,000 North West 130,089 24,322 687,072 212,721 0 N Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 Scotland 0 242,399 111,479 0 490,000 South East 0 481,983 0 0 0 Southwest 0 0 0 0 0 Wales 0 0 0 0 0 West Midlands 119,587 0 2,300,000 0 0 Yorkshire 0 0 0 0 0