HC Deb 16 December 1994 vol 251 c826W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total expenditure on energy for each property owned or leased by his Department for the use of Ministers in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

Mr. Michael Howard

The expenditure on energy for the last three years for which figures are available are as follows:

1991–92 £million 1992–93 £million 1993–94 £million
The Home Office 1.66 1.78 1.74
Executive Agencies 29.20 31.10 31.80

The figures for 1991–92 exclude the Fire Service college and the United Kingdom Passport Agency as no information is available. Expenditure by these agencies 1992–93 and 1993–94 averaged £353,000 and £297,000 per annum respectively.