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State of the Estate

My honourable friend the Minister for Implementation (Oliver Dowden) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

I have today laid before Parliament, pursuant to Section 86 of the Climate Change Act 2008, the “State of the Estate in 2017-18”. This report describes the efficiency and sustainability of the Government’s Civil Estate and records the progress that Government has made since the previous year.

In 2017-18 the central estate reduced in size by 2% and is now 7.7 million sq m and central estate operating costs reduced by £22 million, in real terms. At the same time, vacant space across the government estate is just 1.4%, compared to 7.1% in the private sector. The estate continued to contribute to sustainability targets set by the Government, showing a 39% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, a 55% reduction in paper use and a 40% reduction in waste since 2009-10. The report is published on an annual basis.