HC Deb 20 June 1991 vol 193 c322W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the answer of 3 June,Official Report, columns 21–22, whether the figures given for 1990–91 are consistent with the figures given for 1988–89 in the answers of 30 April 1990, Official Report, columns 426–27, and 10 May 1990, Official Report, column 191; and when figures for 1989–90 will be available.

Mr. David Hunt

The figures for energy consumption are not comparable. Those given in the answer of 30 April 1990 related to total consumption for buildings where my Department was in occupation but not in all cases the sole occupant. Those given in the answer of 3 June related to the precise areas of accommodation occupied by my Department and are a more accurate reflection of its consumption. The energy cost figures given in the answer of 3 June 1991 and 10 May 1991 are consistent, as both relate to areas occupied. Figures are available for 1989–90 but they are unreliable.