Departmental Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the water consumption on his Department's office estate in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07, (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. (280954)

The Department for Communities and Local Government used the following quantities of water in 2005-06 and 2006-07:

*Communities and Local Government—Central Offices*
	Total water consumption (m³)	Water consumption per FTE (m³)
2005-06	17,767	18,292
2006-07	5.4	4.9

Volume 494: debated on Thursday 25 June 2009