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Energy Consumption

Volume 172: debated on Thursday 10 May 1990

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To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 30 April, Official Report, column 453, if he will give the energy consumption, broken down by fuel, of the buildings occupied by his Department for the latest year available measuring electricity in kilowatts, gas in therms, liquid fuel in litres and solid fuel in tonnes.

The figures for 1989–90 are:

  • Electricity—25,807,925 kilowatt hours
  • Gas—98,215 therms
  • Liquid fuel—126,048 litres
  • Solid fuel—170 tonnes
These figures exclude prisons and the minor Scottish Departments.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 30 April, Official Report, column 453, if he will give the expenditure on energy consumption, broken down by fuel, of the buildings occupied by his Department for the latest year available.

The figures for 1989–90 are:

£
Electricity508,977
Gas82,576
Liquid fuel59,290
Solid fuel15,237
These figures exclude prisons and the minor Scottish Departments.