To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what criteria his Department employed in determining award of the contract for the construction of wind turbines in the South Downs National Park. (277793)

The Department does not hold information on the award of contracts for any proposed wind farms in the South Downs National Park.

Contracting for the construction of wind turbines is a commercial matter for the developer of the proposed project.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when the wind turbines in the South Downs National Park near East Meon were (a) planned and (b) offered out to tender; and which companies tendered for the project. (277794)

I am told that the Department does not hold this information. The contracting arrangements of wind farm projects are a commercial matter for the developer concerned.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what discussions his Department has had with the management of Vesta plants in Southampton and the Isle of Wight on proposals for the building of wind turbines in the South Downs National Park. (277795)

There have been no discussions between my Department and the management of Vesta on the issue of wind turbines in South Downs National Park.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will make an estimate of likely levels of retention of the skilled workforce at the Vesta turbine plants in Southampton and on the Isle of Wight in the next five years. (278381)

The Department does not hold this information. It is a matter for the Vesta.