Written question asked by Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 5 July 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 13 July 2004. It was answered by Phil Hope (Labour) on Tuesday, 13 July 2004 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Question: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what proportion of electricity used by buildings in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies has come from renewable sources for each year since 1997. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Edward Davey: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what proportion of electricity used by buildings in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies has come from renewable sources for each year since 1997. [182898] Phil Hope: Since the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister was formed in May 2002, the total proportion of electricity used by buildings in the (a) the office and (b) its agencies that has come from renewable sources for each year is as follows. Percentage _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2002-03 2003-04 (a) ODPM (including Government offices) 40 42 (b) Agencies 11 15 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Although the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has overall responsibility for the buildings occupied by Government offices, they carry out functions on behalf of 10 Departments.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 182898; 423 c1079-80W
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Executive agencies Buildings Electricity Government departments Renewable energy Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Contains statistics: Yes
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