HC Deb 30 April 1990 vol 171 c458W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give the energy consumption, broken down by fuel, of the buildings occupied by his Department, for the latest year available.

Mr. Maclean

The information requested is available only in financial terms and for the Department as a whole. For the 1989–90 financial year the expenditure was as follows:

£ million
Electricity 1.8
Gas 0.4
Solid and liquid fuel 0.7

Mr. Dobson

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give the target reductions for energy consumption in the buildings occupied by his Department.

Mr. Maclean

The Department is participating in the public sector energy efficiency campaign and, in common with other Government Departments, has a target of saving 15 per cent. of its energy bill over a period of five years.