To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much energy consumed by her Department is acquired from renewable sources. (106147)

Renewable energy is obtainedby the Department for Communities and Local Government by procuring electricity from renewable sources. For the year 2005-06 the amount of renewable energy used by the Department is as follows:

These figures have yet to undergo independent verification and so must be regarded as provisional.

This answer does not include the buildings occupied by Government offices, which carry out functions on behalf of 10 Government Departments.