§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give for each year from 1978 the energy consumption, broken down by fuel, of the buildings occupied by his Department, expressing 467W the figures in (a) cash terms, (b) 1978–79 money terms and (c) units of consumption for electricity in kilowatt hours, gas in therms, liquid fuel in litres and solid fuel in tonnes.
§ Mr. SainsburyIt is not possible to provide the information in the detail requested. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office assumed direct responsibility for its fuel and utilities accounts in April this year. Before that, accounts were paid by the Property Services Agency. The data provided in our answers of 30 April and 10 May was obtained from Property Services Agency records.
§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give the number of dedicated energy managers in his Department and the number of person years devoted to energy management in the latest year.
§ Mr. SainsburyA full-time energy manager post was created in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in October 1989. Before that, about half a person year had been devoted to energy management.
§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give the number of energy audits carried out in his Department in the last five years and for each audit a statement of its main conclusions.
§ Mr. SainsburyAn energy survey, including an energy audit, of the main Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Whitehall was conducted between January and April this year. The consultant's report is due to be presented shortly.