The Department and its agencies (Medicines and Healthcare product Regulatory Agency and NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency) have not undertaken any steps to improve the thermal efficiency of our buildings in the last 12 months.
We have been working with the Carbon Trust over the past two years to identify energy saving measures, and this has been reflected in an improvement in our performance on energy efficiency in 2007-08, compared with 2006-07. We have a number of further initiatives planned, which should improve these figures further in the coming year.
On 12 December 2008, the Sustainable Development Commission published its latest annual Sustainable Development in Government report, which sets out Government's performance against these and other targets. The Department was ranked in fourth place across Government, with an overall mark of 87 per cent.
The Department and its Executive Agency NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA) have used the following amounts:
Electricity (kWh) (kWh) 1999-2000 14,081,000 813,129 2000-01 13,802,000 622,901 2001-02 13,417,000 648,947 2002-03 13,780,000 593,896 2003-04 13,913,000 578,984 2004-05 14,220,000 580,332 2005-06 13,454,000 640,780 2006-07 12,340,000 670,197 2007-08 12,065,000 718,863
Gas (kWh) (kWh) 1999-2000 6,411,000 829,826 2000-01 6,180,000 566,937 2001-02 4,237,000 560,301 2002-03 5,268,000 507,060 2003-04 5,208,000 482,176 2004-05 5,604,000 444,397 2005-06 4,636,000 506,310 2006-07 3,835,000 429,092 2007-08 4,176,000 523,680
We do not have any records prior to 1999-2000.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency are unable to provide this information as the data is not available from their landlord.
These figures are based on actual usage of fuel over the period and differ slightly from the figures submitted as part of the Sustainable Development in Government (SDiG) reporting process, as some buildings were excluded from this exercise. SDIG figures are also weather corrected data.
The information in this answer covers the Department's central administrative estate of Richmond House, Wellington House and Skipton House. The Department is a minor occupier in New Kings Beam House (HM Revenue and Customs) and Quarry House in Leeds (Department of Work and Pensions) and the data for these sites is not available to us. Reductions in 2005-06 and 2006-07 are due to the closure of two London buildings. Eileen House and Hannibal House.
The data supplied for NHS PASA relates to energy used at their Reading, Chester and Sheffield sites.