Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much energy his departmental buildings have used in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2020 to date.
The amount of energy used by the Ministry of Justice in each of the last five years is as follows:
Financial Year | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 |
Energy (MWh) | 1,434,498 | 1,409,163 | 1,356,100 | 1,367,729 | 1,320,597 |
Data is not yet available for any part of 2020/21 as this is collated quarterly in arrears.
The department is committed to reducing its carbon emissions on a trajectory to Net Zero by 2050 or sooner; and has reduced its total emissions by 44% by 2019-20 compared to 2009-10.