§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give for each available year from 1978 the energy consumption, broken down by fuel, or 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. Heseltine[holding answer 3 June 1991]: Information on my Department's energy consumption prior to 1989–90 is not readily available. In 1989–90 energy expenditure, excluding the Property Services Agency, was as follows (expenditure in 1990–91 money terms shown in brackets):
£ £ Electricity 1,593,562 (1,717,063) Gas 831,377 (895,809) Oil 362,696 (390,805) Solid Fuel 4,003 (4,313) Consumption relating to these was as follows
Kilowatt hours 34,000,000 Therms 2,600,000 Litres 3,300,000 Tonnes 70 The latest estimate of expenditure for 1990–91 which now includes Property Holdings is as follows (Property Holdings in Brackets):
£ £ Electricity 1,866,340 (390,000) Gas 766,932 (66,000) Oil 427,949 (0) Solid Fuel 1,500 (0) Consumption relating to these was as follows:
Kilowatt hours 31,105,667 (6,500,000) Therms 2,095,442 (180,500) Litres 3,229,804 (0) The area of accommodation relating to the 1990–91 figures is 1,303,197 square feet. This excludes specialised property such as the royal parks and palaces which are included in the expenditure and consumption figures but to which the concept of floor area is inappropriate.