Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by (i) his Department and (ii) the College of Policing in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
The information requested for (i) the Department, and (ii) the College of Policing is set out in the table at annex A.
A breakdown of costs between electricity and natural gas for the College of Policing is not readily available, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
The Home Office is committed to delivering a sustainable government estate and has reduced its carbon emissions by 42% since 2009-10.
Consumption and costs of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas by (i) the Home Office and (ii) College of Policing
| 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | |||
| Electricity Consumption (mWh) | Cost (£) | Electricity consumption (mWh) | Cost (£) | Electricity Consumption (mWh) | Cost (£) |
Home Office | 71,299 | 3,505,880 | 68,888 | 7,262,608 | 67,267 | 5,983,572 |
College of Policing | 3,405 |
| 3,406 |
| 3,477 |
|
| Gas consumption (mWh) | Cost (£) | Gas consumption (mWh) | Cost (£) | Gas consumption (mWh) | Cost (£) |
Home Office | 51,807 | 4,335,536 | 51,460 | (202,248) | 49,013 | 736,436 |
College of Policing | 3,429 |
| 3,303 |
| 3,767 |
|
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