Departmental Energy

Gregory Barker
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much (a) electricity and (b) gas was used (i) on his Department’s estate and (ii) by his Department’s agency in each year from 2004-05 to 2008-09.

Mr. Sutcliffe
The electricity and gas used by the Department and the Royal Parks on its office estate is detailed in the following table.

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|                                       |Electricity Kwh|Gas Kwh  |
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|Department for Culture, Media and Sport|               |         |
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|1999-2000                              |n/a            |n/a      |
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|2000-01                                |n/a            |n/a      |
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|2001-02                                |n/a            |n/a      |
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|2002-03                                |n/a            |n/a      |
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|2003-04                                |4,368,192      |3,275,860|
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|2004-05                                |4,186,267      |2,643,861|
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|2005-06                                |4,438,625      |2,488,443|
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|2006-07                                |4,320,106      |2,631,318|
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|2007-08                                |3,647,784      |2,135,379|
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|2008-09                                |3,091,873      |1,344,409|
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|                                       |               |         |
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|The Royal Parks                        |               |         |
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|1999-2000                              |n/a            |n/a      |
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|2000-01                                |n/a            |n/a      |
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|2001-02                                |n/a            |n/a      |
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|2002-03                                |n/a            |n/a      |
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|2003-04                                |n/a            |n/a      |
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|2004-05                                |4,141,338      |1,275,682|
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|2005-06                                |3,346,056      |1,402,580|
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|2006-07                                |3,220,032      |1,505,334|
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|2007-08                                |2,995,048      |1,490,492|
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|2008-09                                |n/a            |n/a      |
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|n/a = Not available.                   |               |         |
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Data are not available prior to April 2004 and since April 2008 the Royal Parks have not recorded data on kwh consumed.