§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy pursuant to his answer of 25 June,Official Report, column 436, if he will give for each Department the progress made so far towards the target of a 15 per cent. reduction in weather-corrected energy consumption per unit of floor area.
§ Mr. WakehamInformation on energy consumption in Departments for 1990–91 is being collected by my Energy Efficiency Office, and will be published in the annual report of the ministerial group on energy efficiency in the autumn.
§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy pursuant to his answer of 25 June,Official Report, column 436, if he will give the formula used to adjust energy consumption according to the weather.
§ Mr. WakehamThe formula used to adjust energy consumption according to the weather applies to the space heating of a building and is: Adjusted consumption=DDO/DD x Total space heating consumption DDO is the 20-year average of degree days, and DD is the number of degree days for the current year. This information is prepared on a regional basis by the Meteorological Office. DDO and DD should refer to the same region.