Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 7 October 2019 to Question 291003 and to the Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question 290324, if he will introduce the same policy as the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and switch to an electricity provider that supplies electricity solely from renewable resources within the next 12 months; and for what reason his Department has not already ensured its electricity is supplied solely from renewable resources.

All government departments are mandated to use the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Energy frameworks for the supply of gas, electricity and liquid fuels.

The CCS competes the frameworks on the open market and selects the energy providers according to a set of award criteria, normally based on price and quality.

The Department's main building is at 2 Marsham Street, which is operated through the Home Office PFI, which was signed in 2002. The supply of electricity is provided by the PFI provider and Home Office.