Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many green jobs which have lasted more than six months have been created in each parliamentary constituency since May 2010.

Information on employment at constituency level is not available at sector level.

However, there is evidence to suggest that jobs within the green economy are spread widely throughout the UK. A report published by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills contains estimates of the number of jobs within the wider green economy and its supply chain for each of the twelve statistical regions of the UK. These estimates are summarised in Table 1 below.

Table 1 Employment in low carbon and environmental goods and services sectors [in thousands]

Source: BIS, Low Carbon and Environmental Goods and Services 2011/12 (2013), https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/low-carbon-and-environmental-goods-and-services-2011-to-2012