Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to installing motion sensitive lights in (1) government, and (2) public, buildings to reduce energy costs.

As set out in the Net Zero Strategy, the Government aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from public sector buildings by 75% by 2037. To support this, £2.5 billion is being invested through the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme over the financial years 2020/21 to 2024/25 to provide grants for public sector bodies in England to fund heat decarbonisation and energy efficiency measures.

The Office for Government Property has published the Net Zero Estate Playbook providing guidance to support government property organisations to decarbonise their estate. This includes recommendations of how to reduce operational energy use, including through fabric improvements, which may include motion sensitive lights.

The Government Property Agency (GPA) has a Net Zero Programme which is looking to retrofit LED lighting across the government office portfolio with motion controls. To date over 20,000 lights have been upgraded to more efficient LEDs.