Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Energy
(asked on 6th November 2018) - View SourceQuestioner
Stuart C McDonald
(Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the quantity was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by (i) his Department, (ii) the Forestry Commission, (iii) the Water Services Regulation Authority, (iv) the Animal and Plant Health Agency, (v) the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, (vi) the Rural Payments Agency, (vii) the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, (viii) the Consumer Council for Water, (ix) the Environment Agency, (x) the Marine Management Organisation and (xi) Natural England in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
Defra Group Energy usage and total cost is published each year as part of our Annual Report and Accounts: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018
Table 1, attached, is an extract of the sustainability section and is our Greening Government Commitment performance which includes the following bodies:
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The costs cited include the costs of energy and non-energy related costs such as meter reading fees, regulatory charges etc.
The Water Services Regulation Authority and the Consumer Council for Water are below exemption criteria for reporting this information under the Greening Government Commitments: