Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Feb 2015
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"2. What assessment he has made of the role of film festivals in promoting the creative industries in the UK...."Tom Greatrex - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Feb 2015
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"I thank the Secretary of State for that reply. I am sure he will be aware that one festival the BFI helps to fund is the Glasgow film festival, the UK’s third largest and best festival, which is under way in Glasgow and is finishing on Sunday with the UK …..."Tom Greatrex - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Feb 2015
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"T6. Although it is not a universally rewarding experience being an away fan following Fulham, it is certainly the case that travelling supporters bring vibrancy, atmosphere and colour to football fixtures. Given the largesse that now exists in the Premier League, does the Minister agree that it would be a …..."Tom Greatrex - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Feb 2015
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"7. What assessment she has made of the effects of Government policies on disabled people’s access to work...."Tom Greatrex - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Feb 2015
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"In September last year, the Minister published statistics showing that only 206,000 of 529,400 personal independence payment applications had been cleared. When he published those statistics, he said:
“By the end of the year we expect that no-one will be waiting for an assessment for longer than 16 weeks.”
Yet …..."Tom Greatrex - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Jan 2015
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"7. What progress has been made by the Government’s Expert Working Group on Football Supporter Ownership and Engagement Group...."Tom Greatrex - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Jan 2015
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"I am pleased that although it has taken since 2011, when one of the Minister’s predecessors promised it would happen, the working group is now finally up and running. She will be aware of the concern of many football fans—I declare an interest as a Fulham fan—that their club grounds …..."Tom Greatrex - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Nov 2014
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"I thank the Secretary of State for his engagement with the all-party group for the steel and metal related industry. Its members are from across the whole of the UK and they are concerned about the Tata Steel situation. May I implore him again—this was raised earlier—to ensure that his …..."Tom Greatrex - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Oct 2014
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"One concern about broadband services in rural areas is the way in which some customers end up being charged more than those in other areas even though there is no difference in the cost base for the suppliers. My constituent George Drain is in the process of moving from an …..."Tom Greatrex - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 3rd July 2014
Asked by:
Tom Greatrex (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of his Department's consumption in kWh of (a) gas and (b) electricity in each month since June 2010; and what the cost of such consumption has been in each such month.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
The Department for Education has cut its annual energy bill by £1.4m since 2009-10 through reduced energy consumption, and has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 38% in the same period.
Emission reductions from energy use have largely been achieved through low and no cost energy efficiency measures, estate rationalisation (by using space more efficiently and co-locating with other organisations), and by operating our remaining buildings even more efficiently.
The Department's monthly gas and electricity consumption and associated costs since June 2010 are set out below.
| | Electricity kWh | Electricity Cost £ | Gas kWh | Gas Cost £ |
Jun-10 | 1,164,652 | 85,441 | 133,998 | £8,879 |
Jul-10 | 1,158,378 | 129,719 | 64,158 | £9,054 |
Aug-10 | 1,019,308 | 120,186 | 17,736 | £9,137 |
Sep-10 | 1,009,662 | 25,431 | 61,799 | £1,789 |
Oct-10 | 972,048 | 81,233 | 168,543 | * |
Nov-10 | 955,120 | 73,194 | 341,850 | £3,150 |
Dec-10 | 917,993 | 72,450 | 1,368,357 | £1,318 |
Jan-11 | 924,050 | 68,914 | 502,246 | £8,286 |
Feb-11 | 892,663 | 148,902 | 528,895 | £5,817 |
Mar-11 | 923,772 | 87,202 | 492,273 | £32,115 |
Apr-11 | 1,017,920 | 83,562 | 176,334 | £14,114 |
May-11 | 1,091,733 | 56,831 | 157,050 | £8,133 |
Jun-11 | 1,149,462 | 139,208 | 97,030 | £11,247 |
Jul-11 | 1,128,281 | 93,764 | 56,856 | £6,460 |
Aug-11 | 1,126,637 | 125,550 | 69,121 | £1,501 |
Sep-11 | 1,117,836 | 101,759 | 96,013 | £749 |
Oct-11 | 1,124,928 | 175,773 | 166,233 | £6,537 |
Nov-11 | 1,117,066 | 120,616 | 541,299 | £3,603 |
Dec-11 | 1,056,743 | * | 422,178 | £15,183 |
Jan-12 | 1,115,270 | 231,972 | 504,487 | £6,691 |
Feb-12 | 1,064,718 | 119,303 | 547,419 | £16,000 |
Mar-12 | 1,145,769 | 116,169 | 402,004 | £55,082 |
Apr-12 | 1,045,229 | 145,955 | 369,636 | £14,405 |
May-12 | 1,141,570 | 26,511 | 253,486 | * |
Jun-12 | 1,020,091 | 102,484 | 107,956 | £17,461 |
Jul-12 | 1,095,095 | 314,717 | 52,479 | £31,834 |
Aug-12 | 1,111,575 | 161,023 | 21,057 | £10,461 |
Sep-12 | 1,030,509 | 246,659 | 107,429 | £7,395 |
Oct-12 | 1,115,679 | 122,926 | 402,196 | £6,622 |
Nov-12 | 1,077,060 | 188,350 | 459,877 | £42,443 |
Dec-12 | 1,028,372 | 7,344 | 562,851 | * |
Jan-13 | 1,121,535 | 150,753 | 695,526 | £42,660 |
Feb-13 | 996,349 | 252,524 | 662,816 | £40,218 |
Mar-13 | 1,064,972 | 194,770 | 622,653 | £42,909 |
Apr-13 | 1,038,319 | 64,507 | 480,835 | £61,685 |
May-13 | 1,025,212 | 13,813 | 355,353 | £4,905 |
Jun-13 | 986,704 | 267,484 | 125,280 | £37,910 |
Jul-13 | 1,152,464 | 129,589 | 63,823 | £7,838 |
Aug-13 | 1,075,626 | 162,988 | 52,313 | £5,566 |
Sep-13 | 1,026,536 | 126,590 | 91,021 | £22,527 |
Oct-13 | 1,039,324 | 265,576 | 326,262 | £6,066 |
Nov-13 | 1,003,941 | 148,285 | 336,372 | £7,520 |
Dec-13 | 1,024,778 | 13,976 | 374,204 | £16,265 |
Jan-14 | 1,046,875 | 241,727 | 536,348 | £38,947 |
Feb-14 | 946,677 | 138,250 | 529,496 | £12,458 |
Mar-14 | 934,054 | 133,878 | 302,627 | £44,219 |
Apr-14 | 864,231 | 17,558 | 190,423 | £18,783 |
May-14 | 899,711 | 226,815 | 251,680 | £23,591 |
* Gaps in financial data are due to delayed billing cycles and inaccurate consumption estimates made by the supplier.
The core department's electricity is purchased via the Crown Commercial Service energy framework from renewable sources, and is therefore, exempt from the Climate Change Levy.