Departmental Energy
Written parliamentary questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Source: Hansard
Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps have been taken by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies to improve the thermal efficiency of their buildings in the last 12 months. [266763]
Jonathan Shaw: The Department for Work and Pensions does not own its estate, but accesses fully serviced accommodation from its PFI estates partner Trillium. The Department looks for improvements to the thermal efficiency of buildings to be achieved either through an ongoing programme of life cycle works or specific spend-to-save projects.
Due to the scale of the Department and the associated life cycle works programme it is possible to identify individual projects, and the elements within them which would improve the thermal efficiency of a building, only at a disproportionate cost. However energy use, and energy efficiency across the estate, are monitored very closely.
A range of energy efficiency “spend-to-save” projects have been undertaken over several years. During the past 12 months only one project focusing specifically on the thermal efficiency of building has been completed. March 2008 saw the conclusion of a project to fit heating valve insulation covers, which commenced in 2006, with a total of 33,200 fitted across the estate. Between January and March 2008 53 buildings were completed—with an average of 43 units installed per building.
Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent progress his Department has made towards the target of increasing its energy efficiency per square metre of its estate by 15 per cent. by 2010, relative to 1999-2000 levels; and if he will make a statement. [266874]
Jonathan Shaw: The following table shows the Department's performance against the sustainable operations on the Government estate target to increase energy efficiency per square metre of its estate by 15 per cent. by 2010, compared with a 1999-2000 baseline.
Additionally, energy efficiency is also shown as a measurement of energy use against the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) permanent staff in post within the Department since 1999-2000.
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Percentage
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Energy efficiency kWh/m( 2)
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Percentage c hange compared to 1999-2000
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Energy efficiency kWh/FTE
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Percentage c hange compared to 1999-2000
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1999-2000
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100.00
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n/a
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100.00
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n/a
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2000-01
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89.62
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-10.38
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95.88
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-4.12
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2001-02
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94.46
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-5.54
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95.09
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-4.91
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2002-03
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96.94
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-3.06
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92.59
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-7.41
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2003-04
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93.29
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-6.71
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94.96
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-5.04
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2004-05
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99.05
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-0.95
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101.34
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1.34
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2005-06
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94.01
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-5.99
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99.55
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-0.45
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2006-07
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105.10
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5.10
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106.89
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6.89
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2007-08
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97.53
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-2.47
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94.27
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-5.73
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A number of other issues affect the achievement of this target and need to be considered when assessing performance. To meet needs of citizens and to deliver
significantly improved customer service the Department has experienced an unprecedented increase in the use of information technology since 1999-2000. While this has provided significant efficiency gains it has also resulted in increased energy consumption—adversely impacting on targets for reduction in carbon and increased energy efficiency.
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