§ 13. Mr. Palmerasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will issue a White Paper giving the savings in energy use achieved over the last 12 months in all Government Departments; and if he will see that the figure for each Department is absolute and that percentage terms are given separately.
§ Mr. John MooreNo. The greater part of central Government energy consumption is incurred by the Property Services Agency, through its responsibility for the central Government civil estate, and by the Ministry of Defence. The PSA8W estimate energy saving in the Government civil estate over the 12 months ending March 1980 to have been about 3 per cent., taking account of climatic changes and other factors. Energy consumed by the Ministry of Defence in the United Kingdom over the same period was 3.1 per cent. lower than in 1978–79.