HC Deb 02 February 1994 vol 236 cc803-4W
Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer of 21 January,Official Report, column 871–72, if he will publish a breakdown of the totals spent from usable capital receipts into areas of local authority spending

Mr. Curry

This information is not available. Local authorities' capital financing decisions are, in general, taken on a corporate basis covering the whole of their

Published Targets
Making a corporate commitment campaign signatory targets
3M: A global target of a 20 per cent, reduction in energy use to produce a kilogram of good product from 1990 to 1995; and a 20 per cent, reduction in the amount of energy required to support a square meter of non-manufacturing space from 1990 to 1995;
Allied Lyons plc: Following significant earlier savings, the company has set energy, effluent and water savings targets of around 2 per cent, per annum, over a three to five-year time scale;
BAA plc: A 10 per cent, reduction in consumption in all airport operations by December 1994, with the expectation of a further 5 per cent, saving in the following four years; and an initial 10 per cent, improvement in non-airport operations by January 1995;
BT plc: A 15 per cent, reduction in energy consumption over five years to 1997;
Babcock Energy Ltd.: A 10 per cent, reduction in energy costs in 1993–94;
Bank of England: A 15 per cent, reduction in energy consumption over five years to 1998;
Birmingham International Airport plc: As one of its energy targets, a further 5 per cent, reduction in kilowatt hours per passenger, based on the moving annual total;
Bowring Services Ltd.: A minimum 5 per cent, annual reduction in energy costs;
British Gas plc: A 15 per cent, saving over five years;
Cheltenham and Gloucester Building Society: Twin goals to reduce energy costs by 10 per cent, within two years and energy consumption by 10 per cent, by the end of 1996;
DHL International: An improvement in fuel efficiency of 15 per cent, over three years commencing with a target of 8 per cent, in the year October 1993–94, and a 15 per cent, improvement in energy use at operational sites by the end of 1994, rising to 20 per cent, in 1995 and 25 per cent, in 1996;
Eley Ltd.: A 5 per cent, reduction in energy consumption in 1993, taking production volume changes into account;
English Nature: A 15 per cent, reduction in energy consumption over five years;
Fina plc: A performance improvement target for energy costs of 10 per cent, and a 5 per cent, reduction in energy consumption for individual areas of the company over a two-year period ending December 1994;
Forte: An initial target to reduce energy and water consumption by 10 per cent, without reducing the level of service, quality or customer comfort;

capital programme. Information on the financing of capital expenditure for individual services is not therefore collected by the Department.