Combined Heat and Power

HC Deb 17 October 1996 vol 282 cc1131-2W

Mr. Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what capacity of electricity used in her Department's buildings is generated in a combined heat and power plant; and what plans she has to increase that capacity. [41319]

Mr. Paice

I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my reply in the Library.

Numbers and percentages of day pupils taking free school meals in maintained primary and secondary schools in South Yorkshire Metropolitan District: 1989–1996 (provisional)
Position in January each year
	1989	1990	1991	1992
	Number	Per cent.	Number	Per cent.	Number	Per cent.	Number	Per cent.
Primary
Barnsley	3,458	17	3,371	16	3,601	17	4,197	20
Doncaster	5,178	19	5,105	18	5,461	19	6,568	22
Rotherham	4,226	18	4,125	17	4,219	17	4,798	20
Sheffield	8,371	19	8,381	19	8,598	19	9,842	22
Secondary1
Barnsley	1,560	11	1,461	11	1,278	11	1,442	12
Doncaster	2,385	11	2,060	10	2,057	10	2,699	13
Rotherham	1,699	9	1,511	9	1,441	8	1,723	10
Sheffield	2,902	11	2,745	11	2,716	11	3,278	14
1 Figures for years prior to 1994 include Sixth Form Colleges.