Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 5 March 2014, Official Report, column 841W, on wind power, what the equivalent figures for spending on subsidies for onshore and offshore wind were for (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and whether he expects to see an increase or decrease in the level of spending in each category in 2013-14.

The cost of supporting onshore and offshore wind through the renewables obligation in 2010/11 and 2011/12 was as follows (figures not adjusted for inflation):

Some small-scale onshore wind was also supported by the feed-in tariff scheme (FITs), but FITs costs are not available disaggregated by technology.

Outturn data is not yet available for spend in 2013/14, but we would expect an increase in the total level of support for each technology as there was a higher level of deployment.