§ Mr. Laurence RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much(a) electricity and (b) other energy her Department has used in each year since 1997 (i) in total and (ii) per square metre; what the projected use is for each of the following years for which forecasts are made; what plans she has to reduce usage; and if she will make a statement. [135052]
§ Mr. BradshawThe answer in respect of parts and(a) and (b) parts (i) and (ii) for all Government Departs is shown in the attached table. Due to a number of
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Weather Corrected1 Energy Consumption (Gwh) Weather Corrected1 Energy Consumption (kWh/m2) Department Year Floor Area (m2) Fossil Electricity Fossil Electricity Cabinet Office2.3 1997–98 96,230 16.1 8.1 168 84 1996–99 96,230 12.0 9.3 125 97 1999–2000 96,230 11.9 10.0 124 104 2000–01 65,222 12.4 9.9 190 151 2001–02 126,495 20.7 15.7 164 124 Department of Constitutional Affairs4 1997–98 744,310 116.0 66.3 156 89 1996–99 743,200 119.1 67.7 160 91 1999–2000 738,050 102.7 64.4 139 87 2000–01 734,896 101.5 62.5 138 85 2001–02 733,546 84.6 85.1 115 89 Department of Culture, Media and Sports5 1997–98 - 1998–99 - 1999–2000 13,270 0.4 3.5 33 261 2000–01 13,270 0.4 3.5 33 261 2001–02 13,270 0.4 3.5 33 261 Department for Education and Skills6 1997–98 108,009 12.9 20.1 119 186 1998–99 104,020 10.6 19.3 102 186 1999–2000 105,901 14.7 19.6 139 185 2000–01 102,913 14.7 20.6 143 200 2001–02 102,913 15.9 19.3 155 188 Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs7 1997–98 176,715 26.5 15.9 150 90 1998–99 190,424 27.1 17.2 142 90 1999–2000 192,565 23.4 15.8 122 81 2000–01 199,817 24.8 16.9 124 84 2001–02 221,455 31.6 21.1 143 95 Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Laboratories7 1997–98 146,205 63.3 31.5 433 216 1998–99 148,198 59.0 30.7 398 207 1999–2000 158,542 61.6 31.9 389 201 2000–01 155,761 80.8 28.3 519 162 2001–02 157,795 91.4 26.4 579 168 Department of Health 1997–98 62,757 7.1 12.3 113 196 1998–99 62,757 9.1 13.4 145 213 1999–2000 62,757 8.8 14.1 140 224 2000–01 62,757 7.2 13.6 116 216 2001–02 62,757 6.4 13.1 103 209 uncertainties about the future structure of the Department arising from the Review of Rural Delivery and the Independent Review of Public Sector Relocation it is not possible to make accurate estimates of projected energy use in future years.
A number of measures are in place to reduce energy usage. From 1 November, all new contracts by central government department must meet minimum energy efficiency standards as well as value for money, when purchasing certain types of product. Types of products that must meet energy efficiency criteria include IT equipment, gas boilers, white goods (e.g. fridges and washing machines), televisions, lighting systems and light-bulbs.
All but the smallest Defra sites work to reducing energy below a site-specific benchmark. Energy audits are regularly commissioned for those above benchmark and remedial action is taken as necessary, On-going energy efficiency awareness campaigns seek co-operation from staff in economy of use.
In addition, new targets for energy use on the Government Estate are being developed under the Framework for Sustainable Development on the Government Estate. Targets will be based on current Government policy on energy use and Will be published before the end of the year.
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Weather Corrected1 Energy Consumption (GWh) Weather Corrected1 Energy Consumption (kWh/m2) Department Year Floor Area (m2) Fossil Electricity Fossil Electricity Department for International Development8 1997–98 21,608 3.8 3.0 175 141 1998–99 21,608 3.8 3.1 174 144 1999–2000 21,611 44 3.1 205 142 2000–01 23,402 4.5 3.4 194 147 2001–02 21,911 4.2 4.0 194 183 Department of Trade and Industry9 1997–98 256,480 253 30.4 98 118 1996–99 249,320 241 29.6 97 119 1999–2000 255,233 264 30.8 111 121 2000–01 217,829 25.6 33.0 118 152 Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions10,11 (excluding QEII Conference Centre 1997–98 489,563 744 50.3 152 103 1998–99 514,291 644 52.5 125 102 1999–2000 480,728 65.6 51.5 136 107 2000–01 398,306 57.6 50.9 145 128 2001–02 390,457 69.0 54.8 173 137 QEII Conference Centre 1997–98 27,088 44 6.7 163 247 1998–99 27,088 4.7 8.6 174 317 1999–2000 27,081 44 8.1 162 299 2000–01 27,000 45 6.6 166 244 2001–02 27,000 5,6 6.7 206 249 Department for Work and Pensions12 1997–98 2,347,775 502.1 237.3 214 101 1998–99 2,221,950 441.4 226.2 199 102 1999–2000 2,268,462 479.1 224.4 211 99 2000–01 2,399,225 436.2 229.7 182 96 2001–02 2,401,337 4456 248.7 186 104 Foreign and Commonwealth Office13,14 1997–98 105,530 236 17.9 224 169 1998–99 105,530 20.0 16.8 190 159 1999–2000 87,307 15.4 17.4 176 199 2000–01 107,071 142 20.2 132 189 2001–02 85,213 152 16.9 178 199 Home Office (excluding Prisons) 1997–98 186,497 485 24.6 260 133 1998–99 193,205 46.2 27.4 239 142 1999–2000 232,655 506 36.2 217 156 2000–01 286,009 603 44.1 211 154 2001–02 332,041 798 50 240 151 Prisons15 1997–98 2,927,474 1,342.6 240.8 459 82 1998–99 2,644,588 9642 233.6 365 88 1999–2000 3,073,966 1,186.3 268.0 386 87 2000–01 3,111,213 1,112.8 280.4 358 90 2001–02 3,208,001 1,127.9 272.8 352 85 Inland Revenue16 1997–98 1,020,692 181,0 87.0 177 85 1998–99 1,275,808 175.5 112.3 138 88 1999–2000 1,145,105 174.9 163.6 153 143 2000–01 1,145,105 174.9 163.6 153 143 2001–02 1,582,551 2175 175.2 137 111 Ministry of Defence17,18,19,20,21,22,23 (excluding Army Overseas other than Germany 1997–98 5,758.6 1,798.1 N/A N/A 1998–99 6,525.7 1,772.7 N/A N/A 1999–2000 5,155.7 1,846.5 N/A N/A 2000–01 4,997.1 1,873.8 N/A N/A 2001–02 4,733.5 1,667.3 N/A N/A Army Overseas other than Germany17 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 85.2 386 Notes:
1 All data for fossil/heating energy is weather corrected to the 1990–91 20 year degree day average This is for consistency sincere old campaign was weather corrected to the 1990–91 20 year average and the new campaign to the 1999–00 20 year average. This explains any differences between these figures and those published in the new campaign.
2 The Cabinet Office had four agencies transferred out of its control between 1999–2000 and 2000–01
3 The Cabinet Office had nine Regional Government Offices transferred to its estate between 2000–01 and 2001–02
4 Previously the Lord Chancellor's Department
5 The Department for Culture, Media and Sport have inconsistencies in their data for 2000–01 and so 2001–02 was used as their base year for the new campaign. This explains why their figures are the same for 1999–2000 to 2001–02 These inconsistencies also mean it is not meaningful to compare 2001–02 with data prior to 1999–2000
6 DFES use some heat that is produced by a CCL exempt source. This has been included with the fossil fuel
7 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs energy performances for the Main Estate and Laboratories in 2001–02 include consumptions from the additional buildings and longer worked hours by staff dealing with the foot and mouth emergency The Main Estate also reflected additional fully air-conditioned buildings as part of a new Agency in DEFRA.
414W415W8 The Department for International Development moved offices during 2001–02, therefore their floor area for this year has been calculated based on the proportion of the year they were in each office
9 The Department for Trade and Industry had 3 Regional Government Offices transferred out of their estate in 2001–02
10 The Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions previously known as Department for the environment, Transport and the Regions.
11 The Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions had six Regional Government Offices transferred out of their estate in 2001–02
12 The Department for Work and Pensions is the result of an amalgamation of the Department of Social Security and Employment Services which occurred in full in April 2002. Therefore previous separate returns for the two departments have been added together to allow comparison.
13 The Foreign and Commonwealth Office returns for 2000–01 include their Wilton Park executive agency for the first time. This accounts for approximately 4 per cent. of the increase.
14 In 2000–01 the Foreign and Commonwealth Office brought back into use the Old Admiralty Building, progressively relocating staff from 8 Cleveland Row, Cromwell House, 1 Palace Street and 20 Victoria Street. It retained reporting responsibilities for the vacated buildings until March 2001.
15 It was not possible to report consistently on a small proportion of prisons throughout the three years This was mainly due to missing or incomplete data on those specific prisons.
16 Inland Revenue 1999–2000 data was fell to be too inconsistent to be used in the comparison, therefore 2000–01 has been used in its place.
17 The Army included energy consumption from overseas bases other than Germany for the first time in 2001–02; therefore this is entered separately
18 For the new campaign the financial year 2001–02 is the baseline for the Army and this figure has been applied retrospectively to 1999–2000 and 2000–01 but with energy consumption from 2 sites of the Joint Helicopter Command (Odiham and Benson) removed from the 1999–2000 and 2000–01. This therefore takes into account the fact that these two sites were transferred from the RAF to the Army in April 2001.
Actual figures for these two sites have been used since they were recorded by the RAF prior to their transfer, hence the Army retrospective figure is not the same across these three years.
19 The Civil estate of the MOD figures do not include the London offices, with the exception of 3-5 Scotland Yard This is due to difficulties in obtaining the data as these buildings are run under PFI contracts.
20 The civil estate of the MOD have not been able to provide figures prior to 2001–02, therefore this is being used in previous years to allow comparisons 1997–98 and 1998–99 have been entered using figures from the last year the Civil estate completed a return
21 Defence Logistics Organisation were not in existence prior to 2000–01, therefore the figures for 2000–01 have been used in 1999–2000 to allow comparison
22 In July 2001 the Defence Research Agency was split into DSTL and a private company, QinetiQ Therefore since July 2001 consumption in buildings used by QinetiQ have not been included
23 The RAF have made significant savings in 2001–02 in part due to the transfer of two Joint Helicopter Command sites (Odiham and Benson) to the Army in April 2001