§ Mr. Laurence RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much(a) electricity and (b) other energy his 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 he has to reduce usage; and if he will make a statement. [135055]
§ Fiona MactaggartI refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Under Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 3 November 2003,Official Report, columns. 403W, which answers the first part of the question.
The Home Office is covered by the Government's target of reducing carbon emissions from buildings on the Government estate by 1 per cent. per annum. However, the prison service is anticipating that its energy consumption will rise over the next few years due to an increase in the prison population with a
Department Funding Usage Prison Service 118,117,000 Detox, Rehab, TCs1, Short Programmes, CARATs2 Department of Health 3,500,000 Improving Clinical Detoxification outcomes Home Office 5,000,000 CJIP Throughcare and Aftercare of prisoners3 Youth Justice Board 10,000,000 ASSET4, treatment, throughcare, aftercare Total 136,617,000 1 Therapeutic Communities 2 Counselling, Assessment, Referral, Advice &Through-care services—a low-level intervention that provides gateway assessment, referral and support services to prisoners in custody, and establishes through-care links prior to and on release. 3 Relates to the 25 DATs included in the Criminal Justice Intervention Programme 4 ASSET: generic assessment tool call to identify the factors that contribute to a young persons offending.