Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 1249, on low-carbon electricity projects, what the evidential basis is for the statement of the Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change that investment in low-carbon electricity projects has doubled during the current Parliament.

In the answer I gave to the rt. hon. Member on 12^th May 2014 (Official Report, Column 344-5W), I confirmed that a copy of the Bloomberg New Energy Finance analysis of new investment in UK renewable electricity was placed in the Libraries of both Houses. This analysis shows that average annual investment in renewables has more than doubled in this Parliament, compared with the previous one. When rounded, the figures also show a 20% increase in renewable electricity between 2012 and 2013.