Departmental Responsibilities

John Penrose
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (1) which Minister has responsibility for the Energy and Climate Change Unit in his Department;

(2) when he expects the Energy and Climate Change Unit's administration budget for 2009-10 to be finalised.

Ian Pearson
I am the Minister responsible for the Unit but it provides support to all Ministers within the Department. The administration budget for 2009-10 for the Unit is expected to be finalised by the end of June.