Departmental Carbon Emissions

Mr. Kemp
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps he has taken to reduce his Department’s carbon dioxide emissions in the next financial year.

Margaret Hodge
The Department has devised a plan which has identified potential savings of 562 tonnes of CO2 by March 2009.

In particular, the Department plans to replace its gas boilers with ones which are more efficient. This will significantly reduce our carbon emissions.

We are seeking advice from the Carbon Trust on this.