To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether she has issued guidance to staff in her Department to switch off personal computers when not in use; and if she will make a statement. (208171)

Communities and Local Government issues guidance to all staff to switch off their personal computers when not in use as part of the Department’s wider carbon reduction strategy. The Department’s Sustainable Operations Policy states that:

Staff are expected to switch off monitors when leaving desk areas for more than five minutes and to ensure that all PCs, printers, photocopiers and other office equipment are switched off at the end of each day.

This guidance is also contained within staff induction material.