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Departmental Expenditure

Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent by his Department on refreshments in each year since 1997. [41248]

Mr. Charles Clarke: Costs for refreshments and working lunches are combined and the total since 1997 is provided in the following table. Refreshments and working lunches are offered as courtesy to visitors or to facilitate the efficient management of meetings. The rise in expenditure reflects an increase in training courses and implementation of new policies and systems. Overall expenditure for 1998 was artificially reduced by a one-off VAT credit.

	Working lunches
1997	346,685
1998	92,916
1999	457,147
2000	511,610
2001	572,279
2002	727,354
2003	1,330,997
2004	1,047,330

Departmental Fuel Efficiency

Mr. Redwood: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps have been taken in the last 12 months to make his Department more fuel efficient. [67454]

Mr. Charles Clarke: The Home Office is committed to achieving the Framework for Sustainable Development on the Government Estate energy targets; namely to reduce absolute carbon, from fuel and electricity used in buildings on our estate, by 12.5 per cent. by 2010–11, relative to 1999–2000 and to increase the energy efficiency of the buildings on our estate, measured in terms of kWh of fuel and electricity use per square metre of buildings floor area by 15 per cent. over the same period. To meet these targets the Department is benchmarking key office sites to identify those buildings which are high energy users.

The contract at our London HQ building at 2Marsham street requires our PFI partner to operate the building at 10 per cent. below the best practice benchmark contained in the Government's Energy Efficiency Best Practice Programme Energy Use in Offices Guide.

In 2005–06 the Prison Service funded a number of energy saving projects with a total value of £512,760. Work included extension of building management systems at the following establishments; Askham Grange, Belmarsh, Castington, Coldingley, Lewes and Preston. Automatic lighting controls were installed at Belmarsh, Brockhill, Cardiff, Hewell Grange, Parkhurst and Swansea.
 
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A number of business groups on the core office estate have undertaken awareness raising programmes on energy conservation and improving energy efficiency. Specific actions have been taken by local property centre managers including replacement of lighting with energy efficient bulbs in large office buildings; reducing the number of lighting units required; and requiring security personnel to ensure lights are switched off when they conduct their evening patrols.

Overall, the Department has achieved an 11 per cent. reduction in total energy consumption since the baseline year.

Departmental Tendering Policy

Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his policy is on including (a) ethical and (b) environmental factors in tenders for services. [33334]

Mr. Charles Clarke: The Home Office expects to let all its contracts in accordance with ethical principles and would consider any case where evidence to the contrary was presented. There is published internal guidance on principles of ethical behaviour in procurement, which all staff engaged in tendering for services and other contracts must follow.

Under EU procurement rules there is scope to incorporate requirements covering sustainable development and environmental factors, such as Green production methods, into specifications. Award criteria may include environmental characteristics if linked to the subject matter of the contract.

In contracts let by the Department, environmental factors are considered on a case by case basis relative to the subject matter of the contract, and the requirements of EU law. The Department will consider the use of the Sustainable Procurement Toolkit" due to be issued by DEFRA which will aid the consideration of environmental factors in public sector tenders for services.

Departmental Vehicles

Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cars are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; what models the cars are; what type of petrol each model requires; and what the fuel efficiency is of each model. [41357]

Mr. Charles Clarke: The total number of cars owned or leased by the Department as at the end of February 2006 was:

	Total owned	Total leased
Diesel	384	39
Petrol	2	4
MPG range	22–59	8–54.30

Full details of make, model and fuel efficiency are shown in the following table.
 
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Table A: Cars owned by the Department

	Make	Model	Fuel type	Combined imperial MPG
	Audi	A4 Avant 1.9TDI SE	Diesel	48
	Citroen	Berlingo1.9D van	Diesel	37
	Citroen	Berlingo Van 2.0 Lx	Diesel	37
	Citroen	C51.6HDI LX H/Back	Diesel	52.3
	Citroen	Dispatch Van 2.0HDI	Diesel	37
	Citroen	Relay LWB Van 2.2HDI	Diesel	25
2x	Ford	Cmax 1.6TDCI LX	Diesel	59
32x	Ford	Focus 1.6TDCI LX	Diesel	59
6x	Ford	Focus 1.6TDCI LX 90	Diesel	59
13x	Ford	Focus 1.6TDCI LX5dr	Diesel	59
	Ford	Focus 1.6TDCI LX Est	Diesel	59
5x	Ford	Focus 1.6TDCI LX H/B	Diesel	59
6x	Ford	Focus 1.8TDCI	Diesel	51.4
5x	Ford	Focus 1.8TDCI 100 LX	Diesel	51.4
	Ford	Focus 1.8TDCI LX 115	Diesel	51.4
8x	Ford	Focus 1.8TDCI LX	Diesel	51.4
	Ford	Focus 1.8TDCI LX 5dr	Diesel	51.4
	Ford	Focus 1.8TDCI LX H/B	Diesel	51.4
	Ford	Focus 1.8TDI 90 LX	Diesel	51.4
	Ford	Focus 1.8TDI LX 4dr	Diesel	51.4
3x	Ford	Focus4dr SAL 1.8TD	Diesel	51.4
	Ford	Focus 5dr 1.8TDI 90 LX	Diesel	51.4
44x	Ford	Galaxy 1. 9 TD LX	Diesel	42.8
	Ford	Galaxy 1. 9 DTI 115PS	Diesel	42.8
4x	Ford	GALAXY 1.9 LX Five door	Diesel	42.8
	Ford	Galaxy 1. 9 LX Est	Diesel	42.8
3x	Ford	Galaxy 1 .9 TD LX MPV	Diesel	42.8
3x	Ford	Galaxy 1. 9 TDI	Diesel	42.8
9x	Ford	Galaxy 1. 9 TDI 115PS	Diesel	42.8
24x	Ford	Galaxy 1.9 TDI LX	Diesel	42.8
2x	Ford	Galaxy 1.9 LX	Diesel	42.8
3x	Ford	Galaxy 1.9TDCI LX	Diesel	42.8
3x	Ford	Galaxy 1.9TDXI LX	Diesel	42.8
3x	Ford	Mondeo 2.0 Est LX	Diesel	48
	Ford	Mondeo 2.0 Ghia H/B	Diesel	48
6x	Ford	Mondeo 2.0 LX TDCI	Diesel	48
	Ford	Mondeo 2.0 TDCI 115	Diesel	48
	Ford	Mondeo 2.0LXTDCI 115	Diesel	48
	Ford	Mondeo TDCI 115 LXE	Diesel	48
	Ford	Mondeo 5dr Estate	Diesel	48
2x	Ford	Tourneo 2.0TDCI GLX	Diesel	45
2x	Ford	Tourneo GLX 8 seats	Diesel	45
	Ford	Tourneo Minibus	Diesel	45
2x	Ford	Transit Tourneo 8STS	Diesel	45
	Ford	Transit 2.0 SWB eight GL	Diesel	25
	Ford	Transit 2.0SWB Van	Diesel	25
	Ford	Transit Connect Van	Diesel	25
4x	Ford	Transit Dog Van	Diesel	25
	Honda	Civic 1.7 CDTI 3dr HB	Diesel	48
	Land Rover	Discovery 2.5 TDI Gs	Diesel	25
	Mercedes	Sprinter Van	Diesel	22
2x	Mercedes	Traveliner Mini Bus	Diesel	25
	Mercedes	Traveliner TL72.21	Diesel	25
2x	Mercedes	Vito 2.0 Van	Diesel	25
	Mercedes	Vito 2.2 108 CDI Van	Diesel	25
	Mitsubishi	Shogun LWB 3.2	Diesel	25
	Nissan	Terrano 2.7 DTI S ES	Diesel	25
2x	Peugeot	3071.6HDI S90	Diesel	54.3
	Peugeot	3071.6HDI S 5dr HB	Diesel	54.3
2x	Peugeot	307 2.0 DTI	Diesel	54.3
	Peugeot	307 2.0 HDI 90 ESTAT	Diesel	54.3
	Peugeot	307 2.0 HDI LX	Diesel	54.3
3x	Peugeot	307 2.0 HDIS	Diesel	54.3
3x	Peugeot	307 2.0 HDIS 90	Diesel	54.3
	Peugeot	307 2.0 S HDI 90BHO	Diesel	54.3
2x	Peugeot	307 2.0 HDI Style HB	Diesel	54.3
	Peugeot	307 3dr Hatchback	Diesel	54.3
2x	Peugeot	307 5dr Hatch 2.0 S	Diesel	54.3
2x	Peugeot	406 2.0 3dr ESTAT	Diesel	45
	Peugeot	407 S 1.6HDI 4dr SAL	Diesel	49.6
3x	Renault	Laguna 1.9DCI 100A	Diesel	48
	Renault	Laguna 1.9DCII100	Diesel	48
10x	Renault	Megan Secenic 1.9 DC	Diesel	50
	Renault	Scenic 1.9 DCI 120	Diesel	50
	Renault	Scenic Express 1.9DCI	Diesel	50
	Rover	45 2.0TD Club 5dr	Diesel	52
	Rover	Mg 45 2.0 IL TDI	Diesel	52
	Skoda	Octavia 1.9TDI 90	Diesel	53.3
	Skoda	Octavia 1.9D Elegance	Diesel	53.3
	Skoda	Octavia 1.9TDI EST	Diesel	53.3
2x	Toyota	Avensis 2.0 D4D	Diesel	48
3x	Toyota	Avensis 2.0 D4D T2	Diesel	48
	Toyota	Avensis 2.0d4D T2 HB	Diesel	48
	Toyota	Avensis Tourer 2.0	Diesel	48
	Vauxhall	Astra 1.6Ils	Diesel	40
	Vauxhall	Astra 1.61 Envoy	Diesel	40
	Vauxhall	Astra1.7CDTI 16V	Diesel	40
2x	Vauxhall	Astra1.7CDTI LS	Diesel	40
	Vauxhall	Astra 1.7 DTI	Diesel	40
	Vauxhall	Astra 1.7 DTI 1 6 Ls	Diesel	40
6x	Vauxhall	Astra 1.7DTI 16 V	Diesel	40
4x	Vauxhall	Astra 1.7DTI 16VLS	Diesel	40
3x	Vauxhall	Astra 1.7DTI LS	Diesel	40
4x	Vauxhall	Astra 1.7DTI LS HB	Diesel	40
	Vauxhall	Astra 1.7DTI RNVOY	Diesel	40
	Vauxhall	Astra1.7STI LS 5dr	Diesel	40
3x	Vauxhall	Astra 1.7CDTI 16V LS	Diesel	40
2x	Vauxhall	Astra 1.7CDTI 5dr	Diesel	40
2x	Vauxhall	Astra 1.7CDTI CLUB	Diesel	40
2x	Vauxhall	Astra 1.7CDTI H/B	Diesel	40
12x	Vauxhall	Astra 1.7CDTI LIFE	Diesel	40
	Vauxhall	Astra 1.9CDTi Hatch	Diesel	40
	Vauxhall	Astra Estate 1.7	Diesel	40
	Vauxhall	Astra van 1.7DTI LS	Diesel	48
3x	Vauxhall	Corsa 1.3 CDTI DESIG	Diesel	55
2x	Vauxhall	Movano van 2.5 TDI	Diesel	25
	Vauxhall	Vectra	Petrol	35
	Vauxhall	Vectra	Diesel	35
	Vauxhall	Vectra 1. 8 Ls5dr HB	Petrol	35
2x	Vauxhall	Vectra 1.9CDT H/Back	Diesel	48
2x	Vauxhall	Vectra 2.0 DTI 16V L	Diesel	48
2x	Vauxhall	Vectra 2.0 DTI LS	Diesel	48
	Vauxhall	Vectra 2.0 DTI LS 4D	Diesel	48
	Vauxhall	Vectra 2.0DTI	Diesel	48
	Vauxhall	Zafira1.9CDTI LIFE	Diesel	46.3
	Volvo	S80 2.4 D5 SE Auto	Diesel	36.7
2x	VW	Bora 1. 9 S TDI	Diesel	48
	VW	Bora 4dr 1.9 S TDI	Diesel	48
	VW	Caravelle Variant	Diesel	30
9x	VW	Golf 1.9 ESDI	Diesel	53
6x	VW	Golf 1.9ESDI 5dr	Diesel	53
	VW	Golf 1.9TDIS	Diesel	53
	VW	Golf 1.9 TDI S EU4	Diesel	53
	VW	Golf 1.9E SDI H/B	Diesel	53
	VW	Golf 1.9 SE TDI	Diesel	53
3x	VW	Golf 1.9TDI S 5 door	Diesel	53
	VW	Passat 1.9 SE TD	Diesel	47
	VW	Polo 1.9 E SDI SAL	Diesel	55
	VW	Polo 1.9E SDI 5dr	Diesel	55
2x	VW	Transporter 7+1 Seats	Diesel	45
8x	VW	Transporter Shuttle	Diesel	45

 
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Table B: cars leased by the Department

	Make	Model	Fuel type	Combined Imperial MPG
	BMW	E39 530DA SE Saloon Auto	Diesel	34.00
	Citroen	C8 2.0HDI LX MPV	Diesel	48.00
	Citroen	Relay 18 2.2 HDI HI Roof Van	Diesel	25.00
9x	Citroen	Xantia 2.0 HDI LX Estate	Diesel	53.30
2x	Citroen	Xsara 2.0HDI Desire Estate	Diesel	51.40
	Ford	Escort 1.8D 75 Van	Diesel	0.00
	Ford	Fiesta 35 Car Derived Van	Petrol	45.00
	Ford	Fiesta 35 Car Derived Van	Diesel	45.00
	Ford	Focus 1.8TDCI LX 5dr Hatch	Diesel	51.40
	Ford	Galaxy 2.3i Ghia Automatic	Petrol	25.70
	Ford	Ranger 2.5TD Regular Cab	Diesel	25.00
2x	Ford	Transit 2.4TDI 350l HR Panel Van	Diesel	25.00
23x	Ford	Transit 2.5 TD SWB 9minibus	Diesel	25.00
	Honda	ST1300 Police Motorcycle	Diesel	0.00
	Land Rover	Discovery TD5 ES 5dr Estate	Diesel	30.10
	Land Rover	Discovery TD5 GS 5dr	Diesel	25.00
	Mercedes Benz	111KA 3200 Van	Diesel	25.00
2x	Mercedes	Special Mobile Unit	Diesel	8.00
	Mercedes-Benz	Viito112CDI	Diesel	25.00
	Mitsubishi	L200 2.5TD4WD GL D/Cab Pickup	Diesel	25.00
	Nissan	Primera 2.0 S 4dr Saloon	Petrol	35.00
	Peugeot	306 Meridian 2.0 HDI 5dr Estate	Diesel	54.30
	Renault	Espace Expression 2.2DI Estate	Diesel	39.80
	Vauxhall	Astra 1.7 DTI LS Estate	Diesel	50.00
	Vauxhall	Omega 2.0 GLS	Petrol	25.00
2x	Volvo	184SE D5 2.4 4dr Saloon Auto	Diesel	32.80
	Volvo	Fl6E PL3 18T Box Van	Diesel	12.00
2x	Volvo	S80 2.4D5SE Auto 4dr Saloon	Diesel	36.70
	Volvo	V70 T5 2.3 Estate Police Spec Auto	Petrol	26.20

 
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