Chamber and committees

The agencies and non-departmentalpublic bodies (NDPB) who have not adopted energy policies are:

Transport Scotland

Social Work InspectionAgency

Bòrd Gàidhlig na h-Alba

Architecture and DesignScotland

Scottish Police ServicesAuthority.

The above organisationsare relatively new and are included in this year’s workplan for Greener ScotlandDirectorate who are taking forward an initiative to ensure agencies and public bodiesadopt appropriate environmental management policies and targets including energy.

The following AdvisoryNDPBs and Tribunals do not have an energy policy as they are either so small theyhave no responsibilities for buildings or energy, follow the energy policies of the major occupier or landlord, or do not require permanent office accommodation.

Advisory Committeeon Sites of special Scientific Interest

Building StandardsAdvisory Committee

Fisheries (Electricity)Committee

Historic EnvironmentAdvisory Council for Scotland

Justices of the PeaceAdvisory Council for Scotland

Local Government BoundaryCommission for Scotland

Mobility and AccessCommittee for Scotland

Public Transport Users’Committee for Scotland

Scottish AdvisoryCommittee on Distinction Awards

Scottish AgriculturalWages Board

Scottish IndustrialDevelopment Advisory Board

Scottish Local AuthoritiesRemuneration Committee

Scottish Records AdvisoryCommittee

Additional SupportNeeds Tribunal for Scotland

Children’s Panel (32)

Police ComplaintsCommissioner for Scotland

Lands Tribunal forScotland

Mental Health Tribunalfor Scotland

Parole Board for Scotland

Rent Assessment Panelfor Scotland

Scottish Charity AppealsPanel.

The total energy costsincurred by the Scottish Government during 2006-07 are as follows:

Energy Type	Expenditure (£)
Electricity	1,339,705
Gas	256,088
Liquid Fuel	34,452
Total	1,630,965

 

I have asked Angiolina Foster, Chief Executive of Communities Scotland to respond. Her response is as follows:

Information is notheld centrally on the number of central heating systems installed in areas not connectedto the gas network.

In all applications,priority is given to householders over 75, those living alone and the disabled.

I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-3222 on 29 August 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

During 2006-07 thetotal energy consumption for the buildings on the core Government estate was asfollows:

Energy Type	Consumption (kWh)
Electricity	14,520,971
Gas	9,585,155
Liquid Fuel	707,487
Total	24,813,613

 

Around a fifth of the total floor area of the core government estate is occupied by a number of othertenants. As it is not possible to disaggregate their energy use from the total consumedthe figures include that used by these minor occupiers.

The information yourequested is not held centrally.

During the debate on Greener Scotland, Richard Lochheadadvised Parliament that the Scottish Government and wider public sector, includinglocal authorities, should become exemplars or pioneers in their own environmentalperformance, including their procurement and management of assets.

This is one of theobjectives of the newly formed Greener Scotland Directorate, who will work to ensurethat all parts of the public sector adopt appropriate environmental management policies,procedures and targets, including on energy, and provide annual performance reports,which will be published on the Scottish Executive internet. This information iscurrently being gathered for 50 agencies and public bodies under an existing initiative,and will be published later this year and annually thereafter. In the light of ourcommitment to secure a Greener Scotland and have the public sector acting as exemplars,it is now proposed to extend the number of stakeholders in this initiative, to allother agencies and non-departmental public bodies, and this further informationwill be published when it is available.

The government hasnot established a set of benchmarks for energy consumption per person. To addressthe impacts of the energy consumptionof its estate the previous administration set targets to reduce the CO₂ emissions attributedto energy use in our buildings by 12.6% by March 2011 building to 30% by March 2020,each using 1999-2000 as the baseline year. These are total emissions reduction targetsand are not expressed on a per capita basis.

The Government currentlyreports on the equivalent CO₂ emissions relative to energy consumptionand travel for official purposes.

During 2006-07 theemissions relative to the total energy consumption from buildings on the coregovernment estate were 8,256 tonnes of CO₂. Around a fifth of the totalfloor area of the core government estate is occupied by a number of other tenants.As it is not possible to disaggregate their energy use from the total consumed thisfigure also includes those emissions attributed to these minor occupiers.

The total emissionsrelative to travel undertaken by core government staff for official purposes equatesto 2,768 tonnes of CO₂ during 2006-07.

On the figures availablethis gives a total of 11,024 tonnes of CO₂. Work is currently being doneto calculate the emissions relative to wastes arising which will be incorporatedinto the annual report on the environmental performance of the Scottish Governmentestate for 2006-07 which is due to be published during December 2007.

The Scottish Governmentprovides accommodation for a number of minor occupiers in the buildings on its coreestate. Around a fifth of the total floor area of the estate is occupied by staffnot directly employed by the government. No central record is kept of staff numbersof these minor occupiers and it is not possible to disaggregate their energy consumptionfrom that of the government’s so we are, therefore, unable to accurately calculatethe energy consumption per person for Scottish Government officials. If the minoroccupiers were responsible for one fifth of the total energy consumption, then theenergy consumption per person would have been 2,851kWh.

The government procures100% of the electricity required to run its buildings from renewable sources which,during 2006-07, accounted for around 59% of the total energy consumed.