§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement, in relation to his Department and each agency and non-departmental public body for which his Department is responsible, on(a) the amount of energy consumed, (b) spending on (i) energy and (ii) energy efficiency measures, (c) the amount saved through energy efficiency measures and (d) energy policy in each of the last five years. [108859]
§ Beverley HughesThe information held centrally on energy consumption and expenditure by the Home Office is given in the table:
Main Home Office Year Energy consumption
(GWh/y)
Energy expenditure
(£/y)
Energy/m2 (kWh/m2/y)
Savings over 1997–8
(percentage)
1997–98 73.27 1,792,543 392.86 – 1998–99 73.58 1,911,139 380.83 3 1999–2000 88.36 2,378,335 379.78 3 2000–01 104.37 2,853,523 364.91 7 2001–02 129.62 3,499,541 390.38 1
Her Majesty's Prison Service Year Energy consumption
(GWh/y)
Energy expenditure
(£/y)
Energy/m2 (kWh/m2/y)
Savings over 1997–8
(percentage)
1997–98 1583.45 23,868,557 540.89 — 1998–99 1197.81 20,016,907 452.93 24 1999–2000 1454.30 22,310,050 473.10 8 200001 1393.19 23,778,727 447.80 12 2001–02 1400.64 27,234,995 436.61 12 1. Energy Consumption: this is weather-corrected in the usual manner, using annual degree days relative to the 20 year average for 1990–01. The figures are those reported on for the Central Government Estate campaign, and include the Home Office's main estate plus its agencies (except Prison Service, which is reported separately), but not Non-Departmental PublicBodies (NDPBs).
. Energy Expenditure: this is actual spend, and from April 2001, includes the Climate Change Levy.
3. Energy/m2: this variable allows for changes in both weather and estate size on energy consumption. So annual changes will generally reflect efficiency changes.
4. Savings over 1997–8: These have been expressed as percentage savings relative to the first year quoted here, and are based on the figures in the preceding column.
Information about energy consumption and expenditure by Home Office sponsored NDPBs is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Similarly year on year details of the amount spent on energy efficiency measures by my Department are not held centrally, however in the year 2001–2002 the Prison Service funded energy and water conservation schemes totalling £440,000.
214WThe Energy White Paper, 'Our Energy Future-Creating a Low Carbon Economy' made clear the importance the Government attaches to improving energy efficiency in its own estate. This is reflected in several targets. There is currently an interim target of a one per cent. pa ongoing reduction in weather-corrected carbon emissions, pending the development of new indicators and targets based on benchmarking the performance of each department's largest buildings. These new targets are planned to be in place later this year. New targets for Government Departments' use of CHP generated electricity will also be established during 2003.
In addition, the review of Government procurement has identified areas where procurement could reinforce the achievement of these targets, and arrangements are being made centrally for Departments to purchase goods with high energy efficiency standards and which provide good value for money.
On the purchase of renewable electricity, Ministers agreed the following target in May 2001: "All departments will ensure that by 31 March 2003, at least five per cent of their electricity comes from renewable sources that are exempt from the Climate Change Levy or from self generation, provided this does not entail excessive cost. This will rise to at least 10 per cent. supply from such sources by 31 March 2008, but will be reviewed after 31 March 2003 to take account of market conditions following the introduction of the renewables obligation. The review of 2003 will include consideration of increasing or bringing forward the target".