§ Mr. Laurence RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health 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. [135054]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonI refer the hon. Member to the response given by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and334W Rural Affairs on 3 November 2003, Official Report, column 404W, setting out detail of energy used from 1997.
The Department does not forecast usage of energy for its administrative estate. However, it has adopted the target published in the "Sustainable Development in Government First Annual Report" to reduce greenhouse emissions to air by one per cent. per annum.