Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 31 October 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the estimated level of energy efficiency achieved by each local authority in buildings and services within its own area was in the last period for which figures are available; and what the comparable figures were for each local authority (a) five and (b) 10 years ago.
holding answer
The Department does not carry out central monitoring of either the energy consumed or the savings achieved in individual local authorities buildings or in the provision of their services. Local authorities are responsible for their own energy consumption and achieving efficiency savings will be a matter for local authority energy managers. Therefore the information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The 1995 Home Energy Conservation Act requires local authorities with housing responsibility to prepare a strategy for improving energy efficiency within residential accommodation in their areas and report annually on progress. Since 1996 authorities have reported an average total improvement of approximately 16.7 per cent. to
Results for all local authorities can be found at: http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/energy/heca95/pdf/heca-data2005.pdf
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