Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the capacity of her Department's buildings for the micro-generation of renewable energy; and if she will make a statement.

A ground source heat pump and photovoltaic panels have been installed at sites used by the College of Policing. With our facilities managers, we are constantly reviewing the latest technologies against the potential of our assets to reduce carbon emissions.

An example is the new passport office being constructed alongside the River Wear in Durham which is associated with a hydro-power turbine beinginstalled as part of the wider development.