Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will issue guidance to operators of (a) courts and (b) prisons that they should implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting in those buildings.

The Ministry of Justice is committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions.

Reporting against the Greening Government Commitment (GGC) targets, in 2013/14, the Department reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 17% from 2012/13 against the 2009/10 baseline. This equates to a 95057 tCO2e reduction.

As part of its programme to replace inefficient lighting at its sites the Department will continue to install LEDs and other forms of energy saving lighting wherever it is possible and economically viable to do so.

Information on the proportion of sites that have LED lighting is not recorded centrally. As the MOJ has one of the largest estates in Government comprising nearly 1,500 properties (including prisons and courts), the information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

In addition to replacing inefficient lighting, the Ministry of Justice is also reducing greenhouse gas emissions through using energy saving measures such as motion-activated lighting, timers and behavioural change campaigns.