Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment and evaluation of the effectiveness of the feed-in tariff scheme have been completed and published during the period of its implementation.

DECC conducted a Comprehensive Review of the FITs scheme in 2011/12, which assessed the effectiveness of the scheme and introduced measures to improve value for money and reduce tariffs in light of falling costs. The relevant documents are available on the gov.uk website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/increasing-the-use-of-low-carbon-technologies/supporting-pages/feed-in-tariffs-scheme .

Additionally, Ofgem's Annual Reports for the first three years of the Feed-in Tariffs scheme can be found on the Ofgem FIT website: https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/environmental-programmes/feed-tariff-fit-scheme . These provide evidence for the extent to which FITs has encouraged small-scale, low-carbon electricity generation.

We are planning a further review of FITs in 2015.