Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information is collected on new jobs created in the UK in (a) manufacturing, (b) installation and (c) allied services relating to (i) renewable energy technologies and (ii) energy-saving technologies and services.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change does not collect information on employment in renewable energy and energy-saving technologies at this level of disaggregation.

At an aggregate level, the Renewable Energy Association has estimated that there were around 103,000 people employed in 2012/13 across the range of renewable technologies:

http://www.r-e-a.net/resources/rea-publications

(Renewable Energy Association, REVIEW, 2014)

The Department furthermore estimates that there are currently over 100,000 jobs in the UK’s multi-billion pound energy efficiency sector:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/delivering-uk-energy-investment-2014

(DECC, July 2014)