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date	13/12/2022
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, 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	109722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The Scotland Office is committed to reducing emissions and energy consumption wherever possible, as part of the UK’s transition to net zero. The government monitors and reports on its greenhouse gas emissions - information on this is published in the Greening Government Commitments Annual Report.</p><p>Crown Commercial Service (CCS) operates a centralised energy procurement strategy for central government and is responsible for selecting the gas and power supply companies on behalf of all departments. CCS is currently conducting its latest tender round on behalf of departments and the supplier environmental credentials will be part of the selection criteria.</p><p> </p><p>Information on steps taken to reduce emissions can be found in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/scotland-office-and-office-of-the-advocate-general-for-scotland-annual-report-and-accounts-2021-2022" target="_blank">Scotland Office Annual Report</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 20/12/2022 15:23:39 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1342559

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, 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	25155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2021 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland incurred the following actual costs for the financial years listed:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p>£17,432</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p>£27,220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p>£15,765</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These costs relate to our Edinburgh office. The energy charges for Dover House, our London office, are not separately identifiable and are part of the service charge. In 2021, our Edinburgh office relocated to the new UK Government hub in Edinburgh. Energy charges are now similarly part of the service charge.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 06/07/2021 09:22:57 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1003671

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the quantity was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by his Department 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	189718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The quantity and cost of electricity and natural gas used by the Department in each of the last three financial years is shown below.</p><p><strong>Totals (excl. DH Gas / WHDS figures (All figures are in KWh)</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gas</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Electricity</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>190429</p></td><td><p>207341</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>181873</p></td><td><p>218781</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>175710</p></td><td><p>239606</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> <strong>Cost</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gas</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Electricity</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>£6,742.15</p></td><td><p>£31,744.51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,270.97</p></td><td><p>£28,248.95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,413.19</p></td><td><p>£39,000.69</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell grouped question UIN 189719 question first answered 15/11/2018 15:22:23 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1003672

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the cost was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by his Department 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	189719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The quantity and cost of electricity and natural gas used by the Department in each of the last three financial years is shown below.</p><p><strong>Totals (excl. DH Gas / WHDS figures (All figures are in KWh)</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gas</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Electricity</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>190429</p></td><td><p>207341</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>181873</p></td><td><p>218781</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>175710</p></td><td><p>239606</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> <strong>Cost</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gas</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Electricity</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>£6,742.15</p></td><td><p>£31,744.51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,270.97</p></td><td><p>£28,248.95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,413.19</p></td><td><p>£39,000.69</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell grouped question UIN 189718 question first answered 15/11/2018 15:22:23 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald