The Northern Ireland Office has been charged the following for (a) electricity and (b) natural gas in each of the last three years:<\/p>
<\/p>
(a) <\/strong>electricity<\/p> <\/p> 2017/18 - <\/strong>£ 88,642<\/p> 2016/17 - <\/strong>£ 51,133<\/p> 2015/16 - <\/strong>£ 69,032<\/p> <\/p> (b) <\/strong>natural gas<\/p> <\/p> 2017/18 - <\/strong>£ 9,029<\/p> 2016/17 - <\/strong>£ 6,265<\/p> 2015/16 - <\/strong>£ 11,178<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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