Written question asked by Sue Doughty (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 13 October 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 20 October 2003. It was answered by Melanie Johnson (Labour) on Monday, 20 October 2003 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the voluntary targets for energy use in NHS capital schemes have been made mandatory; what progress his Department has made in revising the NHS carbon dioxide standard of heat insulation; if it is his intention to bring the revised NHS carbon dioxide standard into line with the current British Standard for heat insulation (BS 5422, as revised in 2001); and whether any further upward revision of BS 5422 resulting from this review will be followed without delay by an equivalent upward revision of NHS carbon dioxide. - Includes ref to 06.10.2003, 410 c1288W.

Answer: Sue Doughty: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the voluntary targets for energy use in NHS capital schemes have been made mandatory; what progress his Department has made in revising the NHS carbon dioxide standard of heat insultation; if it is his intention to bring the revised NHS carbon dioxide standard into line with the current British Standard for heat insulation (BS 5422, as revised in 2001); and whether any further upward revision of BS 5422 resulting from this review will be followed without delay by an equivalent upward revision of NHS carbon dioxide. [132333] Miss Melanie Johnson: I refer the hon. Member to the response I gave on Monday 6 October 2003, Official Report, column 1289W. In that reply, MES CO2 is purely a reference number for the NHS Estates model engineering specification on thermal insulation and does not relate to carbon dioxide.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 132333; 411 c456-7W;411 c460W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Conservation Carbon dioxide Hospitals Energy Insulation NHS Standards Standards specifications
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk