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165867

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date	25/11/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Water
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in the Law Officers' Departments; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	215953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>In line with the requirements of the Greening Government Commitment Targets, the Law Officers’ Departments are taking steps to reduce water consumption and costs. Reductions have been achieved through a range of measures including the introduction of water meters and water flow restrictors to reduce usage in washrooms. Reductions in the size of the estate and in staff numbers have also contributed to the decline in water consumption.</p><p>Against the 2009/10 benchmark of 69,068 cubic metres, consumption was reduced by 40% to 41,164 cubic metres by the end of reporting year 2012/13. Projections for reporting year 2013/14 indicate further improvement.</p><p> </p><p>Specific information on the Law Officers’ Departments consumption of water and any associated expenditure during the last financial year is published in their respective Annual Report and Resource Accounts. These also detail actions undertaken to reduce usage. Copies of these are already available in the Library of the House or can found on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/</a> website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 02/12/2014 12:26:18 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

165869

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Water
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	215952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), including 9 arm-lengths bodies, has a baseline for water use of 283,495m<sup>3 </sup>across the estate. In April 2014 the Department achieved a 45% reduction compared to the baseline.</p><p> </p><p>One method for reducing water consumption since April 2014 has been to install waterless urinals throughout the building at 1 Victoria Street. In addition to this, BIS has also reduced flush capacity by 3 litres so far in year 2014/15.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is aiming to build on the current reduction by the end of year 2014/15 and we anticipate that the decrease in water usage by BIS will equate to a significant financial saving.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 02/12/2014 17:35:35 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

165899

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Water
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	215954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office is committed to reducing the water consumption of its buildings. To date, my department has reduced its water consumption by 17.9% since 2009. Government is rationalising its estate, reducing the total number of properties, intensified occupation in remaining buildings and consequently reduced water usage and bills across the department.</p><p>Within the reduced estate, the Cabinet Office has introduced water reduction measures. These include motion-activated taps; removing unnecessary storage tanks and headers; and, installing additional metering and real time data to assist in monitoring of consumption to detect irregular usage patterns that could possibly be leakage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 215958 question first answered 02/12/2014 14:17:03 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

165907

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Water
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	215966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>HMT installed water saving taps in the toilets in 2012 and installed additional water meters in August 2014. The additional water meters will measure water usage in the tea points, showers and toilets to enable us more accurately target water saving measures. This will lead to a reduction in bills.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/12/2014 16:47:10 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

165918

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Water
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	215955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government has made significant reductions to both its water usage and associated bills.</p><p> </p><p>Total water use has been reduced by 50% since 2009-10, and the number of its offices falling within good and best practice office water benchmarks has been increased from 28% to 73% during the same period.</p><p> </p><p>These improvements have primarily been achieved by installing efficiency devices such as tap aerators, flow control valves, through leak reduction work, and by encouraging staff and facilities managers to adopt more water efficient behaviours.</p><p> </p><p>In taking this action, the Department has reduced its annual water bill by £13,000 since 2009-10, and continues to work towards identifying even greater efficiencies.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 02/12/2014 17:11:26 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

165921

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Water
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	215956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>DCMS is a tenant of HMRC at 100 Parliament Street and responsibility for water usage rests with them.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 02/12/2014 14:08:50 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

165949

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Water
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	215957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>In the UK the majority of water consumed on Ministry of Defence (MOD) sites is supplied by three Aquatrine Public Private Partnership contracts. The water supplied under these contractual arrangements equates to 95% by volume of consumption on UK MOD sites.</p><p>The MOD has reduced water consumption across its estate by 9% since 2010, thus exceeding a self-imposed target to achieve a 7% reduction in estate-wide water consumption and corresponding bills by 2015.</p><p>Work is continuing throughout the MOD estate to embed water use awareness, and achieve further reductions in water consumption. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation is implementing a Water Consumption Reduction programme, which will target 150 high demand sites to identify further water efficiency measures and improve the efficiency of water use.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 02/12/2014 17:50:34 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

165951

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Water
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Office; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	215958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office is committed to reducing the water consumption of its buildings. To date, my department has reduced its water consumption by 17.9% since 2009. Government is rationalising its estate, reducing the total number of properties, intensified occupation in remaining buildings and consequently reduced water usage and bills across the department.</p><p>Within the reduced estate, the Cabinet Office has introduced water reduction measures. These include motion-activated taps; removing unnecessary storage tanks and headers; and, installing additional metering and real time data to assist in monitoring of consumption to detect irregular usage patterns that could possibly be leakage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 215954 question first answered 02/12/2014 14:17:03 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

165952

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Water
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in her Department; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	215959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has made significant reductions to both its water usage and associated bills.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Total water use has been reduced by 43% since 2009-10, and the number of its offices falling within good and best practice office water benchmarks has been increased from 39% to 58% during the same period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These improvements have primarily been achieved by: installing efficiency devices such as tap aerators; flow control valves; and leak reduction work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In taking this action, the Department has reduced its annual water bill by £107,000 since 2009-10, and continues to work towards identifying even greater efficiencies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 01/12/2014 17:39:37 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

165956

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Brighton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of teachers in Brighton and Hove who were trained as part of the Teach First programme; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	215798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold data on the schools in which Teach First participants are training or teaching. Teach First currently does not have partner schools in the Brighton and Hove area and has advised the Department that none of its former trainees are currently employed in a school in Brighton and Hove.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 01/12/2014 15:31:42 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby