Scottish Civil Estate: efficiency and sustainability report 2019 to 2020

Scottish Ministers are required to lay before the Scottish Parliament this annual report which uses key performance indicators to assess progress in improving the efficiency and sustainability of the Scottish Civil Estate.


Appendix 3 – Performance summary

Efficiency – Bseline KPIs (as of 31 March each year)
KPI: Offices 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20
Cost Per FTE (£) 3,615 4,977 5,179 5,066 3,914 2,347 2,852 3358 3,073
Cost per m² (£) 213 281 260 275 219 143 198 249 216
m² per FTE (m²) 20 21 20 18 18 16 14 13 14
Rent per m² (£) 80 98 73 86 32 36 30 26 44
Rates per m² (£/m²) 44 54 53 48 44 92 51 52 51
Other Costs per m² (£/m²) 88 131 114 124 124 38 101 147 99
m² per Workstation (m²) 12 13 13 13 13 13 11 10 11
Workstations per FTE 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Water consumption per FTE (m³/FTE) 9 10 11 8 10 10 8 9 9
% of total waste recycled 71 82 94 84 86 76 84 79 63
Energy consumption per m² (kWh/m²) 288 304 224 227 251 234 256 273 252
Energy Consumption per FTE (kWh/FTE) 4,908 5,314 4,473 4,188 4,490 3,843 3,687 3674 3,600
Energy Cost per m² (£/m²) 20 23 19 17 16 13 16 25 19
Energy Cost per FTE (£/FTE) 349 401 377 318 286 214 228 337 271
FTE numbers 5,891 5,082 5,300 5,400 5,294 5,468 5,600 5997 6,641
Estate Size 115,264 109,013 105,771 99,550 94,683 89,772 80,747 80747 94,700
Energy Consumption 4,908 5,314 4,473 4,188 4,490 3,843 3,687 3674 3,600
KPI: Office And Specialist 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20
Cost Per FTE (£) 3864 5273 5725 4811 4508 2593 3418 3960 3643
Cost per m² (£) 183 220 225 198 180 109 152 199 185
m² per FTE (m²) 24.1 23.7 25.4 24.4 25.0 23.8 22.5 19.9 19.6
Rent per m² (£) 64 68 63 59 22 24 19 18 30
Rates per m² (£/m²) 34 42 42 37 36 65 39 43 39
Other Costs per m² (£/m²) 75 107 101 86 106 31 76 114 96
m² per Workstation (m²) 18 18 17 19 20 19 17 16 16
Workstations per FTE 1.35 1.33 1.48 1.30 1.27 1.24 1.32 1.28 1.25
Water consumption per FTE (m³/FTE) 22.1 23.6 14.2 14.3 19.6 12.6 9.8 12.3 13.9
% of total waste recycled 69.0 65.0 94.0 81.0 85.0 76.0 87.0 83.0 69.64
Energy consumption per m² (kWh/m²) 293 307 269 262 271 223 251 296 298
Energy Consumption per FTE (kWh/FTE) 7520 7619 6821 6372 6784 5314 5640 5888 6208
Energy Cost per m² (£/m²) 22 22.86 20 16 15 13 18 25 18
Energy Cost per FTE (£/FTE) 572 569 506 392 381 302 405 490 363

As the organisations comprising the civil estate keep changing, the buildings listed within the estate vary, space holdings of organisations within the buildings alter with operational needs, the definitions of FTE change and measurement methods improve, year on year comparisons need to be treated with caution as like is not being compared with like.

Explanatory notes

1. The 2016-17 report covers core Scottish Government and seven agencies. Some data from the previous report has been updated in this version.

2. The 2015-16 report covers core Scottish Government and seven agencies.

3. The 2014-15 report covered the core Scottish Government and eight agencies.

4. The 2011-12 report covered the core Scottish Government estate and that of eight executive agencies. The 2010-11 report covered the core Scottish Government estate and 11 agencies. The KPIs over the years cover some different bodies and buildings.

5. The vast majority of the measurements upon which these KPIs are based, conform to the RICS Code of Measuring Practice 6th Edition, rather than the International Property Measurement Standards: Office Buildings introduced on 1 January 2016.

Contact

Email: PropertyandConstruction@gov.scot

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