Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Energy
(asked on 9th November 2018) - View SourceQuestioner
Stuart C McDonald
(Scottish National Party - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by (i) his Department and (ii) Wilton Park in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
The quantity and cost of electricity and gas to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) UK estate and Wilton Park since April 2015 is as follows:
| FCO | Wilton Park | ||
| Usage | Cost | Usage | Cost |
Electricity | kWH | GBP | kWh | GBP |
2015/16 | 26,750,416 | £3,285,904 | 277,496 | £17,811 |
2016/17 | 24,776,275 | £3,309,304 | 15,660 | £14,269 |
2017/18 | 23,126,619 | £3,052,563 | 247,222 | £13,997 |
Gas |
| |||
2015/16 | 682,365 | £24,060 | 276,274 | £11,170 |
2016/17 | 603,753 | £24,440 | 308,927 | £12,835 |
2017/18 | 738,219 | £26,742 | 313,945 | £11,378 |
Wilton Park electricity usage during 2016/17 was not accurately monitored due to a faulty meter. The fault was finally resolved by British Gas in July 2017. Costs for the period have been confirmed and reconciled