Asked by: Stuart C McDonald (Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the quantity was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by (i) his Department, (ii) the Office of Rail and Road, (iii) the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, (iv) the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, (v) the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, (vi) the Vehicle Certification Agency, (vii) the British Transport Police Authority, (viii) Directly Operated Railways Limited, (ix) High Speed Two (HS2) Limited, (x) the Civil Aviation Authority, (xi) London and Continental Railways Limited, (xii) the Air accident Investigation Branch, (xiii) Highways England, (xiv) the Marine Accident Investigation Branch, (xv) Network Rail and (xvi) the Rail Accident Investigation Branch in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani
The information is provided in the table below.
Table – quantity of electricity and natural gas used, 2015/16 – 2017/18 (some figures rounded)
Body | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | |||
(KwH) | Electricity | Natural Gas | Electricity | Natural Gas | Electricity | Natural Gas |
DfT (Central Department) | 4,500,394 | 725,688 | 4,454,986 | 830,540 | 4,465,990 | 786,896 |
Office of Rail and Road (1) | 408,206 | Not available | 430,929 | Not available | 472,418 | Not available |
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency | 13,269,324 | 33,469,655 | 15,634,961 | 23,556,858 | 13,765,563 | 26,434,399 |
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency | 9,565,659 | 8,556,748 | 7,804,111 | 8,967,871 | 7,769,203 | 9,877,482 |
Maritime and Coastguard Agency | 7,736,199 | 2,226,320 | 7,981,696 | 2,045,046 | 7,816,819 | 2,375,556 |
Vehicle Certification Agency | 345,856 | 93,961 | 248,558 | 113,515 | 196,866 | 108,280 |
British Transport Police Authority and British Transport Police (2) | 8,655,241 | 1,018,696 | 8,369,135 | 1,538,210 | 7,537,946 | 1,471,062 |
Directly Operated Railways Limited | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
HS2 Ltd (3) | 2,304,866 | 276,841 | 2,680,857 | 256,787 | 2,458,898 | 886,904 |
Civil Aviation Authority | 2,956,203 | 1,353,509 | 2,898,654 | 1,819,784 | 2,719,268 | 1,722,188 |
London and Continental Railways Limited (4) | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
Air Accident Investigation Branch | 234,430 | 0 | 438,437 | 0 | 328,829 | 0 |
Highways England (5) | 176,087,852 | 3,915,094 | 177,864,030 | 6,058,714 | 206,546,532 | 6,563,503 |
Marine Accident Investigation Branch (6) | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
Network Rail | 3,816,870,000 | 67,740,000 | 3,787,390,000 | 73,720,000 | 3,804,530,000 | 70,620,000 |
Rail Accident Investigation Branch | 87,816 | 158,833 | 90,081 | 170,486 | 91,628 | 169,826 |
Notes:
(1) Only ORR’s Glasgow office uses natural gas. The landlord does not provide an individual usage figure as ORR is one of many tenants.
(2) The figures include consumption by the British Transport Police Authority and the British Transport Police as separate figures are not readily available.
(3) These figures include estimates where direct meter readings were not available
(4) London and Continental Railway (LCR) occupies space at One Kemble Street under a Memorandum of Terms of Occupation (MOTO) from the Government Legal Department (GLD). As part of the MOTO arrangements GLD recovers a service charge from LCR. This includes electricity and gas, but the costs and quantum used are not identifiable on an individual basis.
(5) Electricity figures include roads lighting and other infrastructure assets throughout the Strategic Road Network.
(6) The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) is located in Spring Place, Southampton. This building is owned by the Department for Transport and managed by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). Utility supplies to the building are not separated out by organisation. Approximately 20% of the energy consumption for Spring Place is attributable to MAIB. The figure shown for MCA (which includes other buildings) therefore includes a proportion that could be attributed to MAIB.
Asked by: Stuart C McDonald (Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that air passengers can effectively and easily access compensation for long flight delays under EU Regulation 261/2004.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has been designated by the Secretary of State for Transport as the National Enforcement Body (NEB) for Regulation (EC) 261/2004 regarding compensation, and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding, and of cancellation and long delay of flights. The CAA offers advice to passengers and is able to take enforcement action against airlines that are not fulfilling their obligations.
In addition, the Government and the CAA, have introduced an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) scheme into the sector, which now covers more than 70% of passengers.
The provision of ADR services for consumer disputes stemming from contracts for aviation services is designed to benefit consumers and lead to quick, fair, low cost (if not free) and binding solutions to their problems. ADR means passengers can settle disputes without asking a court to decide on the issue.