Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many stakeholders responded to his Department's informal consultation on the transitional arrangements for the removal of the Climate Change Levy exemption for renewably sourced electricity.

At Autumn Statement 2015 it was announced that a transitional period for electricity suppliers to apply the Climate Change Levy exemption on renewably-sourced electricity generated before 1 August 2015 would end on 31 March 2018. This followed an informal consultation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) which received 18 written responses. In addition to these responses, HMRC held a number of meetings with organisations affected by the change.