To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of the amount of carbon dioxide emitted from his Department's buildings in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009. (317246)

The Department for International Development (DFID) records and reports its environmental performance on a financial year basis. Data on energy use on the UK estate, and the corresponding carbon emissions, are reported in accordance with the ‘Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate’ targets and are available on the websites of the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) and the Sustainable Development Commission (SDC).

The carbon dioxide emissions from our UK estate were 4,387 tonnes in 2007-08 and 3,945 tonnes in 2008-09.