The information is as follows:
(a) The Department buys its electricity from EDF through the OGC Buying Solutions and is invoiced directly for this service. It does not have a direct contract with EDF.
(b) Our agency, the Royal Parks has one current contract for the supply of electricity with EDF.
(i) Payments over the past 10 years have been for electricity supply only. The Department only holds partial figures as prior to 2004-05, the payment for electricity on Cockspur street was being made directly by our previous facilities management contractors. The figures are broken down as follows:
£ 1998-99 63,378 1999-2000 46,427 2000-01 43,244 2001-02 47,232 2002-03 36,016 2003-04 52,745 2004-05 188,092 2005-06 253,620 2006-07 308,205 2007-08 276,742
(ii) Payments over the last 10 years for the Royal Parks are as follows:
£ 1999-2000 110,929 2000-01 101,533 2001-02 90,341 2002-03 111,098 2003-04 100,713 2004-05 105,763 2005-06 131,032 2006-07 141,196 2007-08 55,554 2008-09 (to date) 21,000