To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the (a) energy consumed by, (b) energy cost of and (c) carbon dioxide emissions from each category of IT device in each division of his Department since its establishment; and if he will make a statement. (269542)

The Department currently uses IT systems provided by the Department of Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs. There has not been a detailed analysis by organisation and division of energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department has taken to address the effect on levels of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department of its ICT purchases since the publication of the Greening Government ICT Strategy; and if he will make a statement. (269576)

The Department currently uses IT systems provided by the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, but in purchasing future systems, my Department has been specifying equipment with an EPEAT Gold rating to minimise the impact on carbon dioxide emissions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the average server capacity utilisation by each division of his Department has been since its establishment; and if he will make a statement. (269587)

The Department currently uses IT systems provided by the Department of Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs under IT services contracts with Fujitsu and IBM respectively. Server capacity and utilisation management are the responsibility of these companies and statistics are not held at a divisional level.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate has been made of the proportion of personal computers in each of his Department’s offices that are turned off (a) overnight, (b) at weekends and (c) during holiday periods; and if he will make a statement. (269599)

I am informed that in the Department, most personal computers are routinely turned off overnight, at weekends and during holiday periods. The exceptions are a small percentage of personal computers that are used for overnight processing or monitoring purposes. There is an automated checking process to identify and turn off any personal computers inadvertently left on and unused.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many (a) printers and (b) multi-function devices with printing functions are in use in each division of his Department; how many such devices have a function enabling two-sided printing; and if he will make a statement. (269609)

The Department currently uses IT systems provided by the Department of Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs. There has not been a detailed analysis by organisation and division of the allocation of printers; however most printers, including multi-function devices, enable two-sided printing. Printers are allocated on about a one printer to 30 staff ratio.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many and what proportion of IT products in each category procured for each division of his Department were compliant with the Government's Buy Sustainable-Quick Win standard in the latest year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. (269642)

The Department currently uses IT systems provided by the Department of Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs. The computers provided under this arrangement are compliant with the Government's Buy Sustainable-Quick Win standard.