Departmental Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the estimated (a) amount and (b) cost was of energy used in his Department and its agencies in each year since 1997; what proportion of the energy used was generated from renewable sources in each of those years; and if he will make a statement. (317230)

The information requested is contained in the following tables.

*Northern Ireland Office Core*
	Total energy Kw/h	Total cost( £)	Percentage of electricity purchased generated from renewable sources	Biomass Kw/h
2004-05	4,216,520	174,877	12	0
2005-06	5,625,286	253,901	19	0
2006-07	4,852,080	309,608	17	0
2007-08	5,660,863	347,854	18	0
2008-09	3,446,157	377,179	16	43,200

*Public Prosecution Service*
	Total energy usage
	Kw/h	£
2004-05	174,9371	122,620
2005-06	2,082,376	190,063
2006-07	3,024,459	281,620
2007-08	3,276,114	341,330
2008-09	3,281,271	303,600

*Crown Solicitor's Office*
	Total energy usage
	Fuel (Oil) (£)	Electric (£)
2004-05	9,453	10,774
2005-06	5,535	6,366
2006-07	11,441	16,506
2007-08	6,696	9,071
2008-09	19,595	13,065

*Northern Ireland Prison Service*
	Total Kw/h	Total (£)	Percentage green electricity	Total renewable
2004-05	42,610,301	2,134,684	15	4.1
2005-06	55,708,772	2,530,790	20	4.4
2006-07	58,238,073	2,941,982	20	4.4
2007-08	58,631,316	3,169,019	20	4.5
2008-09	60,377,730	4,273,141	100	23.0

*Forensic Science Northern Ireland*
	Total energy usage
	Kw/h	£
2006-07	2,048,872	98,892
2007-08	1,999,447	92,285
2008-09	2,325,183	139,595

*Youth Justice Agency*
	Total energy usage
	Kw/h	£
2004-05		206,525
2005-06		246,966
2006-07		359,759
2007-08		255,494
2008-09		380,590

The Compensation Agency’s best estimate is that the energy costs since 1997 directly paid have been £10,000 per annum.

Volume 506: debated on Wednesday 24 February 2010