Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 15 December 2008 to Question 242509 on District Heating: Whitehall, if he will publish the list of (a) Departments and (b) Government buildings served by the Whitehall District Heating System as of 31 March 2022.

Whitehall District Heating has been renamed and is now called the Whitehall Boiler System. A number of departmental buildings have transferred ownership to the Government Property Agency and the details of buildings served by the Whitehall Boiler System are provided in the table below.

The total costs that were charged to Government Departments by the Government Property Agency for the provision of heating from the Whitehall Boiler System is as follows;

(a) 2019-20: £1.7m

(b) 2020-21: £1.5m

(c) 2021-22: £2.0m

These costs include standing charges for the operation and maintenance of the Whitehall Boiler System along with the cost of actual heat consumed by each building.