HC Deb 17 September 2004 vol 424 c1939W
Sue Doughty

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of electricity used by buildings in her Department and its agencies came from renewable sources in each year from 1997. [188159]

Alun Michael

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs was created on 8 June 2001.

The proportion of electricity used in buildings for which Defra and its agencies has a contractual responsibility that came from renewable sources was:

Percentage
2001–02 19
2002–03 40
2003–04 57