Energy
Communities and Local Government

Caroline Flint (Don Valley, Labour)

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which energy supplier supplies his Department with (a) gas and (b) electricity.

Bob Neill (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Communities and Local Government; Bromley and Chislehurst, Conservative)

The Department for Communities and Local Government procures its energy supplies through the Government Procurement Service's (formerly Buying Solutions) framework agreement. The suppliers on this framework are:

EDF Energy—Half hourly metered electricity

British Gas Business—Non-half hourly metered electricity

Corona Energy—Gas

The Department uses all three suppliers across its estate.

The Department has made significant year-on-year reductions in energy consumption. In 2011-12, electricity and gas consumption were reduced by 9% and 45% respectively, compared to the previous year.

Under the last Administration, the Department's main building (Eland House, Victoria) was one of the least energy-efficient buildings in Whitehall, despite it being the lead Department on energy efficiency standards in buildings. In June 2011, the building was awarded a ‘D’ grade display energy certificate, having improved from the equivalent ‘G’ grade in 2006-07.