Departments: Energy

Mr. Prisk
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many energy saving light bulbs were purchased by his Department for use on the departmental estate in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006.

Mr. Thomas
The vast majority of light bulbs and fluorescent tubes used in DFID are of the energy efficient type. DFID purchased 1,645 bulbs and fluorescent tubes in the 2005-06 financial year and 2,015 in 2006-07.