Written Ministerial Statement by Greg Barker on the publication of the Government Response to the consultation on simplifying the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme
DECC, UK: In March this year Official report Col ref 26th March 2012: Column 89-90WS. I published a formal consultation setting out our ambitious simplification package for the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme. Since then we have engaged extensively with stakeholders on our proposals and received over 250 responses to our consultation. The majority of responses agreed with our proposals for simplifying the scheme and welcomed the package of simplification proposals. The Department will now publish a formal Government response to our consultation. Our simplification package for CRC will radically reduce the administrative costs to participants by over half (55%), which will deliver around £272m savings for CRC participants up to 2030. The package will reduce both the complexity of the scheme and its overlap with other climate legislation, without undermining its energy efficiency objectives. (Source: http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/news/wms_crc_resp/wms_crc_resp.aspx)