§ Mr. HannamTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement on the campaign to promote energy efficiency in the public sector.
§ Mr. ParkinsonThe Government are leading a campaign to improve energy efficiency within the public sector.
The campaign will start with Government Departments and then extend to the public services. The aim for Government Departments is to achieve savings rising to £45 million per annum—15 per cent. of the current total bill—over five years.
A Minister within each Department has been given specific responsibility for energy efficiency. A list of these Ministers will be placed in the Library. My Department's Energy Efficiency Office is creating a small team to brief each Minister, enabling them to set targets for their Departments and agree plans for achieving these targets. This team will monitor progress and report to me, and targets and measures of performance will be published.
Departments will be able to count these new gains towards their targets for efficiency improvements in three year running costs management plans.
§ Mr. HannamTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy whether he has given further consideration to the requirement for electricity suppliers to promote energy efficiency.
§ Mr. ParkinsonI have today placed copies of a revised condition 18 of the public electricity supply licence in the Library.