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Dept of Health

Answer

Mrs. Calton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on (i) electricity use and (ii) water and sewerage services in each year since 1997. [181726] Ms Rosie Winterton: Costs for the principal buildings on the Department's London estate are as follows. Electricity _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year (£000s) 1997-98 615,007 1998-99 614,783 1999-2000 634,859 2000-01 545,079 2001-02 579,102 2002-03 551,938 2003-04 572,782 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Water and Sewerage _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year (£000s) 1997-98 36,396 1998-99 33,614 1999-2000 32,607 2000-01 32,224 2001-02 29,009 2002-03 34,684 2003-04 29,372 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. London staff of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) occupy buildings that are rented and most of the utilities are included within the service charge. However, figures for electricity costs only are available for Hannibal House, which is shared between MHRA and Departmental staff. Expenditure is as follows. Electricity _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year (£000s) 1997-98 58,654 1998-99 53,124 1999-2000 48,124 2000-01 49,219 2001-02 53,689 2002-03 50,382 2003-04 57,855 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Expenditure for the wheelchair evaluation centre at Blackpool, part of MHRA, is as follows. Figures are for electricity and gas combined. Electricity and Gas _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year (£000s) 1997-98 6,074 1998-99 6,118 1999-2000 4,835 2000-01 5,029 2001-02 6,522 2002-03 5,275 2003-04 6,009 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Water and Sewerage _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year (£000s) 1997-98 1,407 1998-99 1,478 1999-2000 1,527 2000-01 1,754 2001-02 2,013 2002-03 1,922 2003-04 1,466 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The National Health Service Purchasing and Supplies Agency became an agency of the Department in April 2000. Figures for the years following are as follows. Electricity ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year (£000s) 2000-01 23,591 2001-02 32,901 2002-03 38,570 2003-04 30,122 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Water and Sewerage ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year (£000s) 2000-01 3,704 2001-02 2,576 2002-03 2,476 2003-04 2,292 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Figures for the NHS Pensions Agency are as follows. Electricity ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year (£000s) 1997-98 60,554 1998-99 61,333 1999-2000 55,326 2000-01 50,678 2001-02 52,919 2002-03 46,787 2003-04 56,309 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Water and Sewerage ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year (£000s) 1997-98 26,237 1998-99 27,459 1999-2000 30,675 2000-01 13,542 2001-02 23,026 2002-03 24,218 2003-04 27,003 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. The NHS Estates Agency (NHSE) occupies rented office space in Leeds city centre. NHSE is not billed separately for its energy and water; these are included in its service charge.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

181726; 424 c115-7W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Executive agencies Fees and charges Expenditure Electricity Government departments Water Sewage Water supply Sewers Department of Health

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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