HC Deb 30 April 1990 vol 171 c387W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give the target reductions for energy consumption in the buildings occupied by his Department.

Mr. Forth

My Department aims to achieve a 15 per cent. reduction in energy usage over the next five years.

Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give the energy consumption, broken down by fuel, of the buildings occupied by his Department for the latest year available.

Mr. Forth

Energy consumption in buildings occupied by the Department of Trade and Industry in 1988–89, the latest full year for which figures are available, was as follows:

million
Electricity 37.8 kilowatt hours
Gas 14 therms
Oil 2.8 litres