To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what payments the Energy Saving Trust has made to (a) Positif Politics Ltd., (b) Strategem, (c) Weber Shandwick Public Affairs and (d) Consolidated Communications in each of the last five years; and on what date and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. (255940)

The Energy Saving Trust is a private company limited by guarantee, and details of payments made are therefore a matter for the trust’s board.

The Department has been informed that the Energy Saving Trust has made payments to each of the companies listed within the last five years for public relations activities such as energy efficiency campaigns and public affairs.