{"value":{"id":1028398,"memberId":57,"member":null,"memberRole":"Lord in Waiting (Government Whip)","uin":"HLWS1175","dateMade":"2018-12-19T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":53,"answeringBodyName":"Cabinet Office","title":"State of the Estate","text":"<p>My honourable friend the Minister for Implementation (Oliver Dowden) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.</p><p>I have today laid before Parliament, pursuant to Section 86 of the Climate Change Act 2008, the “State of the Estate in 2017-18”. This report describes the efficiency and sustainability of the Government’s Civil Estate and records the progress that Government has made since the previous year.</p><p><br>In 2017-18 the central estate reduced in size by 2% and is now 7.7 million sq m and central estate operating costs reduced by £22 million, in real terms. At the same time, vacant space across the government estate is just 1.4%, compared to 7.1% in the private sector. The estate continued to contribute to sustainability targets set by the Government, showing a 39% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, a 55% reduction in paper use and a 40% reduction in waste since 2009-10. The report is published on an annual basis.</p>","house":"Lords","noticeNumber":0,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":false,"linkedStatements":null,"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1028398","method":"GET"}]}