§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Lord President of the Council (1) if he will give the number of energy audits carried out in the Privy Council Office in the past five years and for each audit a statement of its main conclusions;
(2) if he will give the number of dedicated energy managers in the Privy Council Office and the number of person-years devoted to energy management in the latest year;
(3) if he will give for each available year from 1978 the amount invested in improving the energy efficiency of the Privy Council Office in (a) cash terms and (b) 1990–91 money terms;
448W(4) if he will give for each available year from 1978, the energy consumption, broken down by fuel, of the buildings occupied by the Privy Council Office, 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. MacGregor[holding answer 3 June 1991]: The position of the Privy Council Office remains as indicated in answers given by my predecessor on 5 June 1990, Official Report, column 459, 14 June 1990, Official Report column 299, and 25 June 1990, Official Report, column 54. The costs passed on to the Department in 1990–91 were £11,669 for electricity—representing approximately 203,000 units —and £2,352 for gas. No costs were incurred in respect of liquid or solid fuels. The remaining information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.