§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement, in relation to her Department and each agency and non-departmental public body for which her Department is responsible, on(a) the amount of energy consumed, (b) spending on (i) energy and (ii) energy efficiency measures, (c) the amount saved through energy efficiency measures and (d) energy policy in each of the last five years. [108870]
§ Ms HewittDetails of energy consumed and spending on energy and energy efficiency measures are published in the annual Sustainable Development in Government (formerly Greening Government) report. For ease of reference, details relating to my Department and Executive Agencies for each of the last five years are reproduced in the table.
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Period Energy consumed (KWh) Energy spend (£) Energy efficiency measures spend (£) 1997–98 51,557,126 2,312,915 30,000 1998–99 51,509,804 1,847,819 30,000 1999–2000 55,744,148 2,117,249 30,000 2000–01 57,762,613 2,095,491 60,000 2001–02 51,412,380 1,968,873 105,000 The data in columns two and three are aggregates for my Department and its Executive Agencies, the data in column four relates solely to my Department. Disaggregated data could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Definitive quantification of the amount of energy saved through energy efficiency measures is affected by a number of variables such as weather conditions, floor area and number and activities of building occupant, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
My Department's energy is managed within an ISO 14001 certified environmental management system, and energy policy is based on the environmental policy objectives of conserving natural resources and reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.
§ Hywel WilliamsTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proportion of the United Kingdom oil supply was refined within Wales in the last three years; and how much this represented per head of population. [107535]
§ Mr. Wilson[holding answer 7 April 2003]: There are only two refineries in Wales and the required information is, therefore, regarded as commercially restricted. However, at the end of 2001, refinery processing capacity in Wales was about one-fifth of the total refinery processing capacity of the UK.
§ Hywel WilliamsTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proportion of the UK(a) electricity and (b) gas supply originated in Wales in the last three years. [107536]
§ Mr. Wilson[holding answer 7 April 2003]: Electricity figures for Wales are not available before 2000. It is estimated that about 8 per cent. of the UK's electricity was generated in Wales in 2000 and the same proportion in 2001.
For gas, no supplies originate in Wales, although one pipeline from the Liverpool Bay field comes ashore in Wales.