To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give for each year from 1978 the energy consumption broken down by fuel, of the buildings occupied by his Department, expressing the figures in (a) cash terms, (b) 1978–79 money terms and (c) units of consumption for electricity in kilowatt hours, gas in therms, liquid fuel in litres and solid fuel in tonnes.

[holding answer 5 June 1990]: Information on my Department's energy consumption is not available in the form requested. New monitoring systems not in place will ensure that detailed consumption information will be available in the future and will assist in measuring the success of our energy conservation programme.