Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton South)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department has published a plan setting out the steps it plans to take to transition to net zero emissions.
Answered by David T C Davies - Secretary of State for Wales
The Department is committed to reducing emissions and energy consumption wherever possible, as part of the UK’s transition to net zero. Current targets to make progress on reducing emissions have been published, as part of the Greening Government Commitments.
The Government published the Net Zero Strategy in October 2021, which sets out policies and proposals for decarbonising all sectors of the UK economy to meet our net zero target by 2050.
Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton South)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the impact of increased homeworking during the covid-19 outbreak on his Department’s carbon footprint.
Answered by David T C Davies - Secretary of State for Wales
The Department monitors and reports on its greenhouse gas emissions - information on this is published in the Greening Government Commitments Annual Report.
Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton South)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps his Department is taking to measure its carbon footprint.
Answered by David T C Davies - Secretary of State for Wales
Greenhouse gas emissions are published annually in the Greening Government Commitments Annual Reports.
Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton South)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department has implemented a training programme to provide civil servants with skills to support its transition to net zero.
Answered by Simon Hart - Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)
Yes. The new Government Curriculum will include modules on the implications of Net Zero, climate change and wider environmental issues for government. In the first phase, the Government Skills & Curriculum Unit (GSCU) is working with other Departments (including BEIS, DEFRA and FCDO) to create an awareness level training resource for all civil servants.
This will be piloted from April 2022. In the next phases, GSCU will look at tailored provision for specific Functions and Professions and will signpost the training and other resources on Net Zero, which are already being provided internally at practitioner and expert levels by Government Departments.
Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton South)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether a senior official in his Department has responsibility for departmental sustainability.
Answered by David T C Davies - Secretary of State for Wales
A member of my Department’s Senior Leadership Team has responsibility for departmental sustainability.
Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton South)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the floor area of his Department's estate was in each year from 2010-11 to 2020-21.
Answered by David T C Davies - Secretary of State for Wales
The floor area of the Office of the Secretary of Wales’ estate between 2010-11 to 2020-21 was
Reporting period | Total Net Internal Floor Area (m2) * |
2010: 31/12//10 | 1,106 |
2011: 01/01/11 | 1,106 |
2012: 01/01/12 | 1,106 |
2013: 01/01/13 | 1,106 |
2013-14 | 1,141 |
2014-15 | 1,141 |
2015-16 | 1,141 |
2016-17 | 1,141 |
2017-18 | 1,141 |
2018-19 | 1,141 |
2019-20 | 1,141 |
2020-21 | 1,141 |
* The floor area is taken from the “State of the Estate Reports” which are laid in Parliament and provide an annual summary of the central government estate.
Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton South)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer on 15 May 2020 to Question 43779 on Civil Servants, at how many multi-hub locations employees of his Department work together with employees of another Department or agency in London managed by the Government Property Agency; what the addresses are of those locations; and what other Departments and agencies employ staff at those locations.
Answered by David T C Davies - Secretary of State for Wales
The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales occupies no properties in London managed by the Government Property Agency.