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1550990

registered interest
date	13/12/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which energy provider supplies energy to their Department; how much carbon dioxide was emitted by their Department in the latest period for which figures are available; whether the criteria their Department uses to select an energy supplier include how environmentally friendly that supplier is; and what recent steps their Department has taken to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from its energy use.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	109711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2023 answer text <p>Defra uses the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) for both electricity and gas as mandated by Cabinet Office.</p><p>Defra use a REGO backed green electricity tariff from EDF to minimise the environmental impact of its electricity use.</p><p>The department emitted 51,099t CO2e in 2021-22. This is a reduction of 32% or 24,000t since 2017/18 through a combination of estate rationalisation and energy efficiency initiatives.</p><p>To reduce this amount further we are:</p><ul><li>looking to reduce the size of our estate in line with our property strategy;</li><li>working with the Government Property Agency to install low carbon initiatives at six properties that we run on their behalf;</li><li>working with the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme to replace end of life gas boilers with air source heat pumps;</li><li>carrying out sustainability surveys on our properties to produce a new programme to decarbonise our buildings; and</li><li>ensuring sustainability is built into our major projects such as the Science Capability in Animal Health programme.</li></ul> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 19/01/2023 14:15:21 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1470268

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on energy costs in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	18045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£ 17,145,000</p></td><td><p>£ 17,121,968</p></td><td><p>£ 19,179,382</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Energies covered in these costs are: electricity, gas, oil, LPG, biomass and any other liquid fuels.</p><p> </p><p>The scope of organisations covered in this data is aligned to the Greening Government Commitments (GGC) as specified by the Annual Report and Account guidance.</p><p> </p><p>It is important to note that changes to the GGC reporting scope mean that the figures for 2021-22 cover a different scope to 2019-20 &amp; 2020-21.</p><p> </p><p>2021-22 scope:</p><ul><li>Core Department</li><li>Forestry Commission (Forestry England)</li><li>The Water Services Regulation Authority</li><li>Animal and Plant Health Agency</li><li>Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science</li><li>Rural Payments Agency</li><li>Veterinary Medicines Directorate</li><li>Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board</li><li>Royal Botanic Gardens Kew</li><li>Consumer Council for Water</li><li>Environment Agency</li><li>Joint Nature Conservation Committee</li><li>Marine Management Organisation</li><li>Natural England</li><li>Sea Fish Industry Authority</li><li>Lake District National Park Authority</li><li>Other Defra group bodies and other government departments <br> (Under the major occupier rule, Defra reports the environmental impact of other government departments which occupy its buildings. Also included are some of Defra group Bodies which do not meet the threshold for GGC reporting but are of insufficient materiality to remove from the departmental dataset.)</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>2019-20 &amp; 2020-21 scope:</p><ul><li>Core Department</li><li>Forestry Commission (Forestry England)</li><li>Animal and Plant Health Agency</li><li>Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science</li><li>Rural Payments Agency</li><li>Veterinary Medicines Directorate</li><li>Royal Botanic Gardens Kew</li><li>Environment Agency</li><li>Marine Management Organisation</li><li>Natural England</li><li>Other Defra group bodies and other government departments</li></ul><p><br></p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 22/06/2022 13:15:20 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1342962

registered interest
date	01/07/2021
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of his Department's energy usage in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	25926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2021 answer text <p>The Department’s energy costs over the last three years are detailed below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total energy costs ('000£)</p></td><td><p>17,238</p></td><td><p>17,145</p></td><td><p>17,122</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This information will be available in our Annual report and Accounts which will be published shortly.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is defined as comprising the following bodies:</p><p> </p><p>Defra Core Department</p><p> </p><p>Executive Agencies</p><ul><li>Animal and Plant Health Agency</li><li>Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture</li><li>Rural Payments Agency</li><li>Veterinary Medicines Directorate</li></ul><p> </p><p>Non-Departmental Public Bodies</p><ul><li>Environment Agency</li><li>Marine Management Organisation</li><li>Natural England</li><li>Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew</li><li>Forestry Commission</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 09/07/2021 14:42:49 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1203683

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much energy his departmental buildings have used in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2020 to date.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	59351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The amounts of energy used by Defra Group on the estates that it manages in the last five years are included in an attachment.</p><p> </p><p>This data has been taken from our annual report and accounts over the previous four years, with the 2019-20 data to be published shortly. This includes energy use in both the office and the operational estates.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 22/06/2020 15:55:10 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis attachment 1 file name PQ 59351 - Buildings Energy Usage with ARA Data - Parliamentary Session 19-21.pdf title Table attachment of ARA data for PQ 59351, 19-21
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1002575

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the quantity was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by (i) his Department, (ii) the Forestry Commission, (iii) the Water Services Regulation Authority, (iv) the Animal and Plant Health Agency, (v) the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, (vi) the Rural Payments Agency, (vii) the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, (viii) the Consumer Council for Water, (ix) the Environment Agency, (x) the Marine Management Organisation and (xi) Natural England in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	188851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>Defra Group Energy usage and total cost is published each year as part of our Annual Report and Accounts: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 1, attached, is an extract of the sustainability section and is our Greening Government Commitment performance which includes the following bodies:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ul><li>Core Defra</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Forestry Commission (England only)</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Animal and Plant Health Agency</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Rural Payments Agency</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Veterinary Medicines Directorate</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Environment Agency</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Marine Management Organisation</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Natural England</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Kew Gardens</li></ul></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The costs cited include the costs of energy and non-energy related costs such as meter reading fees, regulatory charges etc.</p><p> </p><p>The Water Services Regulation Authority and the Consumer Council for Water are below exemption criteria for reporting this information under the Greening Government Commitments:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/585344/greening-government-commitments-overview-reporting-requirements-2016-2020.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/585344/greening-government-commitments-overview-reporting-requirements-2016-2020.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 188852 question first answered 16/11/2018 11:32:30 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice attachment 1 file name Table 1 for PQs 188851 and 188852.xlsx title Table 1 for PQs 188851 188852
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1002576

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what was the cost was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by (i) his Department, (ii) the Forestry Commission, (iii) the Water Services Regulation Authority, (iv) the Animal and Plant Health Agency, (v) the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, (vi) the Rural Payments Agency, (vii) the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, (viii) the Consumer Council for Water, (ix) the Environment Agency, (x) the Marine Management Organisation and (xi) Natural England in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	188852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>Defra Group Energy usage and total cost is published each year as part of our Annual Report and Accounts: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 1, attached, is an extract of the sustainability section and is our Greening Government Commitment performance which includes the following bodies:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ul><li>Core Defra</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Forestry Commission (England only)</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Animal and Plant Health Agency</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Rural Payments Agency</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Veterinary Medicines Directorate</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Environment Agency</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Marine Management Organisation</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Natural England</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Kew Gardens</li></ul></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The costs cited include the costs of energy and non-energy related costs such as meter reading fees, regulatory charges etc.</p><p> </p><p>The Water Services Regulation Authority and the Consumer Council for Water are below exemption criteria for reporting this information under the Greening Government Commitments:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/585344/greening-government-commitments-overview-reporting-requirements-2016-2020.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/585344/greening-government-commitments-overview-reporting-requirements-2016-2020.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 188851 question first answered 16/11/2018 11:32:30 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice attachment 1 file name Table 1 for PQs 188851 and 188852.xlsx title Table 1 for PQs 188851 188852
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald