Department for Education: Energy
(asked on 19th December 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much has been spent on energy for office space occupied by civil servants in (a) her Department, (b) Ofsted and (c) Ofqual in each of the last ten years for which data are available.
The below table includes data showing how much has been spent on energy for office space occupied by civil servants in the Department for Education (DfE), Ofsted and Ofqual.
| Cost (£ thousands) | ||
Financial Year | DfE | Ofsted | Ofqual |
2012/13 | N/A | 187 | 58 |
2013/14 | N/A | 214 | 53 |
2014/15 | N/A | 226 | 50 |
2015/16 | 1,610 | 131 | 57 |
2016/17 | 1,748 | 129 | 46 |
2017/18 | 1,731 | 181 | 50 |
2018/19 | 1,610 | 150 | N/A |
2019/20 | 1,748 | 150 | N/A |
2020/21 | 1,731 | 172 | N/A |
2021/22 | 1,534 | 148 | N/A |
Notes:
The Government Property Agency are DfE’s asset management supplier. It does not hold some of the requested historical data and this is reflected in the table.
Financial figures for the DfE, Ofsted and Ofqual have been rounded.
During this period reported the DfE, Ofsted, and Ofqual have had changes in accommodation – the property strategy and profile has changed moving from sole occupancy buildings to being tenants within the government estate where possible in line with government efficiency strategies.
Data is not available for Ofqual from 2018 onwards as they have moved to a building where this is included within the lease and so this is not available as a per tenant figure. As such this is reported as ‘N/A’.