PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Ministry of Defence: Energy (15 June 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much energy his departmental buildings have used in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2020 to date.

Asked by:
Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)

Answer

The Department does not hold information on the entirety of energy use by the buildings on its estate as a (relatively small) proportion are provided ‘off contract’, falling outside the frameworks and local contracts.

However, the Department’s recorded energy consumption across its estate, falling under the frameworks and local contracts, for the previous 5 years and current year to date is shown in the table below:

2015-16

5,229,447,046 kWh

2016-17

5,213,898,631 kWh

2017-18

5,090,803,519 kWh

2018-19

4,974,891,458 kWh

2019-20

4,967,433,252 kWh

2020-21 (up to April 30)

384,641,178 kWh


Answered by:
Sir Jeremy Quin (Conservative)
23 June 2020

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