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Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN 82005, tabled on 28 August 2020

Question

Margaret Greenwood
Labour
Wirral West
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the ability of local authorities to help tackle the climate emergency at a local level.

Answer

Kwasi Kwarteng
Conservative
Spelthorne
Commons

Answered on

3 September 2020

BEIS launched the Local Energy programme in 2017 to support local authorities in taking action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote clean growth. Almost £20 million has been invested in the programme to date, funding a range of measures designed to build local capacity and capability. This includes creating five Local Energy Hubs across England, which provide Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) and local authorities with access to expertise to help them develop plans to secure investment in low carbon projects. The programme has also funded the production of an energy strategy for every LEP area, the production of good practice guidance and resources, a finance conference and regional workshops, and the £10 million re-launch of the Rural Community Energy Fund.

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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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