To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the basis of what energy consumption figures he will be monitoring progress towards the target of 15 per cent. reduction over five years.
The basis for monitoring progress towards the target of 15 per cent. reduction over five years has been set by the Energy Efficiency Office at the Department of Energy. The actual consumption for 1989–90 will be the starting point and the consumption of all fuels will be converted to a common unit of kilowatt hours to enable direct overall comparisons to be made.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what was the consumption by prisons for each year from 1978–79 of (a) kWh of electricity, (b) therms of gas, (c) litres of liquid fuel and (d) tonnes of solid fuel;(2) what was the spending by prisons for each year from 1978–79 on
(a) electricity, (b) gas, (c) liquid fuels, (d) solid fuels and (e) all energy, expressing the spending in (i) money terms and (ii) real (1990) terms.
I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to his question on 5 June, at column 423.