Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the total (a) energy consumption and (b) amount of greenhouse gas emitted by domestic properties for heating water in the latest period for which figures are available.

In 2013, an estimated 89TWh of energy was used for heating water in UK domestic properties [1] and was responsible 18 MtCO2e of greenhouse gas emissions.

[1] Energy consumption from Energy Consumption in the UK table 3.05. Emissions calculation based on emissions factors consistent with the UK Greenhouse Gas Inventory.