§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give for each available year from 1978 the amount invested in improving the energy efficiency of his Department in(a) cash terms and (b) 1990–91 money terms.
§ Mr. ForthThe information requested in the form shown could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, records of investment have been kept from 1 April 1990 and the amount invested is £523,000.
§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the number of energy audits carried out in his Department in the past five years and for each audit a statement of its main conclusions.
§ Mr. ForthOver the last five years, energy surveys have been undertaken on 251 buildings. Because of the large number of surveys and the wide variety of recommendations it is not practical to list the main recommendations of each of the surveys.
Implementation of the recommendations of the surveys has led to reduced energy consumption and cost savings.
§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the number of dedicated energy managers in his Department and the number of person-years devoted to energy management in the latest year.
§ Mr. ForthThe Department has two dedicated energy managers, covering the major estates in the Employment Department Group. In addition we have a part-time departmental energy manager.
Energy management also forms part of the duties for those staff engaged in estate management.
The total number of person-years devoted to energy management in 1990–91 was six.
§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give for each available year from 1978, the energy consumption, broken down by fuel, of the buildings occupied by his Department, expressing the figures in(a) cash terms, (b) 1990–91 money terms and (c) units of consumption for electricity in kilowatt hours, gas in therms, liquid fuel in litres and solid fuel in tonnes; and if he will give the square footage of accommodation to which these figures relate.
§ Mr. ForthI regret that this information is not available from 1978 to 31 March 1990. Before 1 April 1990 the Property Services Agency was responsible for energy monitoring and did not retain this information in the form requested. From 1 April 1990 we have been responsible for paying our own bills and monitoring cost and consumption. However, utility companies are still submitting bills for the final quarter of 1990–91. Therefore the latest information which is available is for the first three quarters of 1990–91, which is as follows:
Consumption Cost Electricity 52,082,398 KwHours 3,938,749 Gas 3,029,381 Therms 1,219,556 Oil 670,016 Litres 86,067 The square footage of the estate to which the figures relate is 11,579,518.