United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 115946
Energy: Subsidies
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27 November 2017
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1 December 2017 · Answer
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Energy
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1 December 2017
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the cost to the public purse has been of energy subsidies to private energy companies in each of the last five years.
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27 November 2017
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the cost to the public purse has been of energy subsidies to private energy companies in each of the last five years.
Source: Commons
1 December 2017
Answer
There are no direct Government energy subsidies to private energy companies.The costs of renewable energy schemes for electricity are funded through consumer energy bills rather than from general taxation.The Government provides financial support to non-d...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2017-11-27/115946
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/795525
- uk · wq-795525 · source updated 1 December 2017