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Drinking Water

Mr. Burstow: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what estimate the Commission has made of the number of plastic bottles of water sold in House of Commons cafeterias in each of the last 12 months. [275515]

Nick Harvey: A month-by-month breakdown of the number of plastic water bottles sold in the House of Commons cafeterias and other catering venues in the 12 months from April 2008-March 2009 is set out as follows. The hon. Member should note that the figures are recorded on the basis of 12 financial periods, not calendar months.

	Cafeteria	Other venues	Total
Period 1	7,253	773	8,026
Period 2	9,309	1,205	10,514
Period 3	10,302	1,462	11,764
Period 4	8,774	1,366	10,140
Period 5	4,569	1,295	5,864
Period 6	4,837	1,279	6,116
Period 7	6,607	895	7,502
Period 8	7,046	785	7,831
Period 9	7,019	637	7,656
Period 10	4,477	389	4,866
Period 11	6,372	670	7,042
Period 12	10,334	1,214	11,548
Totals 2008-09	86,899	1,970	98,869

Energy

Mr. Burstow: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission (1) what the energy consumption was of each building on the House of Commons part of the parliamentary estate in each of the last three years; [275505]

(2) what his most recent estimate is of the level of electricity consumption of each building on the parliamentary estate. [275599]

Nick Harvey: The energy consumption of each building on the parliamentary estate, broken down by gas and electricity usage, for each of the last three years is as follows:

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Energy consumption
MWh
	2006-07			2007 - 08			2008-09
Building	Gas	Electricity	Total	Gas	Electricity	Total	Gas	Electricity	Total
Palace of Westminster	17,851	15,138	32,989	18,593	14,662	33,255	20,634	15,278	35,912
Portcullis House	3,126	3,910	7,036	3,339	3,790	7,129	3,676	3,728	7,404
Norman Shaw N and S	2,430	2,070	4,500	3,011	2,108	5,119	3,214	2,130	5344
1 Canon Row	—	832	832	—	830	830	—	818	818
1 Parliament Street	1,986	2,310	4296	2,117	2,260	4,377	2,135	2,303	4,438
Parliamentary Bookshop	—	34	34	—	25	25	—	23	23
7 Millbank	1,651	3823	5,474	1,737	3,938	5,675	2,107	4,087	6,194
2 The Abbey Garden	91	55	146	72	53	125	101	52	153
Underground Car Park	—	251	251	—	314	314	—	354	354
22 John Islip Street	51	32	83	83	29	112	73	24	97
Total	27,186	28,455	55,641	28,952	28,009	56,961	31,940	28,797	60,737

Food: Waste Disposal

Mr. Burstow: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what estimate the Commission has made of the amount of food waste by weight arising from House of Commons cafeterias in each of the last 12 months; and by what means such waste is disposed. [275514]

Nick Harvey: No record is kept of the amount of food waste by weight but a record is kept of the value of food waste. The cost of food wastage is set out as follows for the House of Commons cafeterias for each of the 12 months from April 2008-March 2009. The hon. Member should note that the figures are recorded on the basis of 12 financial periods, not calendar months.

	£
Period 1	6,394
Period 2	5,845
Period 3	11,382
Period 4	9,501
Period 5	6,928
Period 6	4,762
Period 7	7,510
Period 8	7,761
Period 9	7,347
Period 10	4,694
Period 11	5,386
Period 12	7,414
Total 2008-09	84,924

Food waste is currently mixed with the general waste stream and sent to disposal facilities in the London area obtaining energy from waste. A review of alternative schemes, such as the commercial collection of food waste for transportation to an anaerobic digestion facility, has been scheduled for 2009-10.

Furniture

Mr. Burstow: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how many items of office furniture were (a) purchased and (b) disposed of by the House of Commons Commission in each of the last three years; and what estimate the Commission has made of the (i) weight and (ii) total value of each category. [275510]

Nick Harvey: Figures for the monetary value of office furniture purchased in each of the last three years are: £380,557 (2006), £1,079,461 (2007) and £392,387 (2008). The monetary value of office furniture disposed of in the same period is recorded only back to 2008; the figure in that year was £2,614.91. The weight of items is not recorded and so cannot be quantified per annum.

Members: Allowances

John Mann: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission at what meetings the House of Commons Commission has considered implementation of amendment (f) of 3 July 2008 on the designation of second homes and capital gains tax; what decision was reached; what legal advice was sought and given; and which Members were in attendance. [276173]

Nick Harvey: Matters which relate to the Members Estimate are considered by the Members Estimate Committee rather than the House of Commons Commission. I will contact the hon. Member.

Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance

Mr. Davidson: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how much has been spent on improving or renovating accommodation in the House of Commons part of the Palace of Westminster in each of the last five years. [274678]

Nick Harvey: The amount spent by the House of Commons on improving and renovating the Palace of Westminster has been:

	£000
2004-05	6,183
2005-06	7,524
2006-07	10,057
2007-08	9,743
2008-09	2,559

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