Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) what the forecast out of service date is for each gas power station; and what the power output is for each such power station; [154986]

(2) what the forecast out of service date is for each oil-fired power station; and what the power output is for each such power station; [154988]

(3) what the forecast out of service date is for each coal-fired power station; and what the power output is for each such power station. [154989]

Michael Fallon, Minister of State for Business and Enterprise: DECC publishes information about the capacity of individual power stations annually in its Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics (DUKES), Chapter 5: Electricity.

The 2012 version of the report can be found online at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-energy-climate...

Decisions over when individual plants close are a commercial matter for individual operators.

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