Tabular versions of sustainability facts and figures

On occassion, or depending on which device you are using, you may have difficulty in interpreting or viewing the finer detail of our sustainability statistics from our data visualisations. If that is the case, you can access the same information from the tables below.

 

Yearly energy consumption since 2007

Financial Year BeginningElectricity Usage (kWh)Gas Usage (kWh)Total Usage (kWh)
2007 2383492 2681954 5065446
2008 2594421 3060699 5655120
2009 2514082 2960379 5474461
2010 2477577 2933487 5411064
2011 2386077 2527550 4913627
2012 2351780 2899892 5251672
2013 2350493 2904527 5255020
2014 2178376 2473744 4652120
2015 2182210 2209737 4391947
2016 2039010 2087395 4126405
2017 2028190 2536388 4564578
2018 1872948 2610550 4483498
2019 2004140 2798482 4802622
2020 1700730 2593907 4294637
2021 1842580 2153763 3996343
2022 1878180 2414224 4292404

View the monthly breakdown of energy consumption figures since April 2007

 

Yearly Carbon Emissions since 2007

Financial Year BeginningCarbon Emissions from Electricity (Carbon Tonnes)Carbon Emissions from Gas (Carbon Tonnes)Total Carbon Emissions (Carbon Tonnes)
2007 1025 510 1535
2008 1116 582 1698
2009 1081 562 1643
2010 1065 557 1622
2011 1026 480 1506
2012 652 533 1185
2013 651 534 1185
2014 604 454 1058
2015 605 406 1011
2016 565 383 948
2017 562 466 1028
2018 519 479 998
2019 555 514 1069
2020 430 477 907
2021 425 290 715
2022 396 440 836

 

Yearly energy costs since 2007

Financial Year BeginningElectricity (£)Gas (£)Total (£)
2007 188168 75424 263592
2008 288243 114466 402709
2009 195639 82838 278477
2010 200506 98518 299024
2011 251205.37 128372.14 379577.51
2012 268285.86 153159.24 421445.1
2013 262711.4 156145.09 418856.49
2014 241155.64 127975.57 369131.21
2015 241485.56 98064.72 339550.28
2016 166243.53 96888.68 263132.21
2017 182125.24 103348.14 285473.38
2018 193373.12 101488.72 294861.84
2019 210508.03 101992.96 312500.99
2020 183098.59 106201.07 289299.66
2021 251629.68 289301.35 540931.03
2022 542722.69 296077.80 838800.49

View the monthly breakdown of energy costs since April 2007

 

Amount of waste produced (in kilograms) and percentage of waste recycled since 2011

Financial Year BeginningAmount of Waste Produced (Kg)Recycling %
2010 148640 62
2011 120842 70
2012 116042 74
2013 92616 86
2014 92433 87
2015 94688 70
2016 109180 74
2017 82396 67
2018 60159 71
2019 51944 86
2020 30262 86
2021 42619 82
2022 48822 86

 

Boxes of paper used in Parliament Buildings and Constituency Offices since 2011

Financial Year BeginningBoxes (Office Resources)Boxes (Constituency Offices)Boxes (Combined)Combined Quantity Change on Previous YearCombined Quantity Change on Base Year
2011 1926 713 2639  N/A N/A 
2012 1793 651 2444 -7.39% -7.39%
2013 1783 656 2439 -0.20% -7.58%
2014 1370 754 2124 -12.92% -19.51%
2015 1175 363 1538 -27.59% -41.72%
2016 1030 272 1302 -15.34% -50.66%
2017 659 228 887 -31.87% -66.39%
2018 667 352 1019 14.88% -61.39%
2019 728 267 995 -2.36% -62.30%
2020 492 177 669 -32.76% -74.65%
2021 686 253 939 40.36% -64.42%
2022 396 235 631 -32.80% -76.09%

 

Cost of paper used in Parliament Buildings and Constituency Offices since 2011

Financial Year BeginningCost of paper (Office Resources)Cost of paper (Constituency Offices)Cost (Combined)Combined Cost Change on Previous YearCombined Cost Change on Base Year
2011 £27,779.00 £10,235.00 £38,014.00  N/A N/A 
2012 £27,873.00 £10,532.00 £38,405.00 1.03% 1.03%
2013 £19,192.30 £6,198.32 £25,390.62 -33.89% -33.21%
2014 £11,097.00 £6,107.60 £17,204.60 -32.24% -54.74%
2015 £9,517.50 £2,940.30 £12,457.80 -27.59% -67.23%
2016 £8,568.60 £2,334.20 £10,902.80 -12.48% -71.32%
2017 £7,237.53 £2,484.28 £9,721.81 -10.83% -74.43%
2018 £7,991.31 £4,177.62 £12,168.93 25.17% -67.99%
2019 £10,559.35 £3,824.34 £14,383.69 18.20% -62.16%
2020 £8,088.84 £2,557.60 £10,646.44 -25.98% -71.99%
2021 £11,555.18 £3,751.85 £15,307.03 43.78% -59.73%
2022 £8,377.70 £4,107.23 £12,484.93 -18.44% -67.16%