Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to increase the use of wind power and solar energy for electricity generation.

To increase the use of renewables for electricity generation, we have launched a second Contract for Difference allocation round for emerging technologies, which includes offshore wind. This auction is expected to take place in August with results being announced in September.

No decisions have been taken on future Contract for Difference allocation rounds for onshore wind, solar and other established renewable technologies. We will set out details in due course.

The Feed-in Tariff also remains open to small scale low carbon technologies such as wind power and solar photovoltaic.