Speeches

Tom Greatrex – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Greatrex on 2014-04-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been disbursed in compensation for the carbon price floor in each month since April 2013.

Michael Fallon

The Government is waiting for state aid approval from the European Commission for the carbon price floor compensation scheme. We expect to get a final decision later this month and we are hopeful that we will be able to commence the scheme shortly thereafter.