Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the gross value added contribution to the economy of the onshore wind industry and its supply chain in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.

The table contains an estimate for the gross value added to the UK economy from the onshore wind industry and its supply chain between 2010 to 2013, expressed in current prices.

Figures have been rounded to the nearest £100 million. They include the contribution from both the direct sector and the indirect activity it generates through the supply chain.

The data is sourced from the report “The size and performance of the UK low-carbon economy”, published by the Department in March 2015. It is available online:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/low-carbon-economy-size-and-performance