Bute House fuel usage: EIR release

Information requested

1. The expenditure on fuel costs attributable to Bute House, broken down by (a) financial year, and (b) fuel type (i.e. gas, electricity, oil, coal, firewood etc).
2. The number of units fuel (a) used and (b) bought attributable to Bute House, broken down by (i) financial year, and (ii) fuel type (i.e. gas, electricity, oil, coal, firewood etc).

Response

Financial Year	Fuel Type	kWh	Cost
2018/19	Gas	148,458	£3,756
	Electric	42,157	£5,477
2019/20	Gas	128,629	£4,036
	Electric	20,261	£4,698
2020/21	Gas	101,963	£3,219
	Electric	36,960	£6,660
2021/22	Gas	93,549	£3,321
	Electric	44,614	£8,417
2022/23	Gas	129,254	£10,944
	Electric	43,477	£9,477

The Scottish Government does not have utility bills before October 2017 because the utility bills for Bute House were administered by Historic Environment Scotland at this time. This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested.

However, you may wish to contact Historic Environment Scotland at foi@hes.scot who may be able to help you.

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