Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Energy

(asked on 1st July 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of his Department's energy usage in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.


Answered by
Victoria Prentis Portrait
Victoria Prentis
Attorney General
This question was answered on 9th July 2021

The Department’s energy costs over the last three years are detailed below.

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

Total energy costs ('000£)

17,238

17,145

17,122

This information will be available in our Annual report and Accounts which will be published shortly.

The Department is defined as comprising the following bodies:

Defra Core Department

Executive Agencies

  • Animal and Plant Health Agency
  • Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture
  • Rural Payments Agency
  • Veterinary Medicines Directorate

Non-Departmental Public Bodies

  • Environment Agency
  • Marine Management Organisation
  • Natural England
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Forestry Commission

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