To ask Her Majesty's Government whether feed-in tariffs for small-scale electricity generation are available throughout Britain; if not, whether there are barriers to doing so; and whether they will examine their use in Germany, in particular in Freiburg. [HL653]

The Government have published proposals for feed-in tariffs for small-scale electricity generation. The Department of Energy and Climate Change published a consultation document in July, still available from the DECC website at http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/consultations /elec_financial/elec_financial.aspx.

The consultation elicited over 700 replies which are currently being analysed in line with the proposal to introduce a scheme by April 2010.

In the course of developing the proposal Ministers and officials consulted a wide range of organisations, nationally and internationally. A number of supporting studies based on this are also available at the same website.