HL Deb 21 October 1993 vol 549 cc62-6WA
Lord Norrie

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What progress has been made towards their 15 per cent. energy efficiency target.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of Slate, Department of the Environment (Baroness Denton of Wakefield)

Energy management in individual government departments is a matter for the Ministers responsible for those departments. The Energy Efficiency Office of the Department of the Environment provides information on good practice and monitors progress towards the target agreed in 1990 of a 15 per cent. improvement in energy efficiency over the five years ending 1995–96. The progress of departments towards the target during 1992–93 is shown in the tables below. Green Ministers reviewed the results at their meeting on 13th October; they noted an improvement in 1992–93 over 1991–92, but agreed that further improvement was required.

We are pleased to note that in the first two years of the campaign the Department of the Environment has reduced weather-corrected energy expenditure per m2 by 5 per cent. Performance indicators expressing performance in terms of CO2 per m2 and total CO2 emissions indicate that the Department has reduced the former by 16 per cent. and the latter by 20 per cent. during the same period.

Department Energy expenditure 1992–93 (£ million) Own investment in energy efficiency 1992–93 (£'000) £/m2 Percentage progress on £/m2 relative to 1990–91
1991–92 1992–93
Welsh Office 0.6 121 0 2
TOTAL (excluding MOD, ODA and Scottish Courts 112.3 9,442 (0.8) 0.2

For ODA and Scottish Courts 1991–92 is the base year. Therefore these Departments' contributions have not been included in the "Progress" totals.

Table 2
Departmental percentage progress on CO2/m2 relative to 1990–91
Department Percentage progress on CO2/m2 relative to 1990–91
1991–92 1992–93
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Main estate (1) (1)
Buffer depots 3 25
Cabinet Office (8) 1
Customs 1 15
Defence
Civil (7) n/a
Royal Navy n/a n/a
Army n/a n/a
Royal Air Force n/a n/a
Procurement Executive n/a n/a
Defence Research Agency n/a n/a
Total n/a n/a
Education (16) (58)
Employment (6) 3
Environment 7 16
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 0 13
Health (11) 3
Home Office
Non-Prisons (15) (17)
Prisons 1 3
Inland Revenue 3 7
Lord Chancellor's 2 8
Overseas Development Administration — (2)
National Heritage n/a n/a
National Savings 6 13
Northern Ireland Office 6 6
Scottish Office 2 6
Scottish Courts — 6
Scottish Prisons 1 (2)
Social Security (3) 5
Trade and Industry 5 9
Transport 10 13
Treasury 23 19
Welsh Office 1 7
TOTAL (excluding MOD, ODA and Scottish Courts) 3 6

Note:

For ODA and Scottish Courts 1991–92 is the base year. Therefore these Departments' contributions have not been included in the "Progress" totals.

Table 3
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Departmental percentage progress on total CO2 emissions relative to 1990–91
Department Percentage progress on CO2 relative to 1990–91
1991–92 1992–93
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Main estate (1) (6)
Buffer depots 3 24
Cabinet Office (22) (13)
Customs (56) (38)
Defence
Civil (6) n/a
Royal Navy 2 (3)
Army (3) 1
Royal Air Force (2) (2)
Procurement Executive n/a n/a

Department Percentage progress on CO2 relative to 1990–91
1991–92 1992–93
Defence Research Agency n/a n/a
Total n/a n/a
Education (34) (7)
Employment (8) 3
Environment 5 20
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2) 7
Health (50) 0
Home Office
Non-Prisons (15) (17)
Prisons (5) (8)
Inland Revenue 0 4
Lord Chancellor's (12) (6)
Overseas Development Administration — (2)
National Heritage n/a n/a
National Savings 6 13
Northern Ireland Office 3 1
Scottish Office (12) (8)
Scottish Courts — (7)
Scottish Prisons (1) (2)
Social Security (3) (10)
Trade and Industry 7 17
Transport 10 12
Treasury 13 31
Welsh Office 2 17
TOTAL (excluding MOD, ODA and Scottish Courts) (3) (2)

Note:

For ODA and Scottish Courts 1991–92 is the base year. Therefore these Departments' contributions have not been included in the "Progress" totals.