To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of energy it wastes. (244601)

The Government’s Delivery Plan for “Sustainable Procurement and Operations on the Government Estate”, published in August 2008, provides a full account of the initiatives Departments are taking to reduce their energy waste. The Government have committed to updating the Delivery Plan on a six- monthly basis, and the first of these updates was published on 18 December 2008.