I have today laid before Parliament, pursuant to section 86 of the Climate Change Act 2008, the “State of the Estate in 2023-24”.
This report describes the progress made on improving the efficiency and sustainability of the central Government estate and, where relevant, records the progress made.
The report confirms that the estate comprises 203,300 assets with a total floor area of 159.5 million m2. The estate’s value increased by 5.6% to £191.5 billion, driven by the health, schools and prison portfolios.
For the central Government estate within the scope of the greening Government commitments, the following changes were reported through that framework against the baseline 2017-18 financial year: by 2023-24 overall emissions had reduced by 40.9%, while direct emissions saw a 14.7% reduction.
Running costs increased by 8.0% to £25.6 billion, primarily due to inflationary pressures. The health portfolio experienced significant cost increases linked to higher demand and inflation-indexed contracts.
The “State of the Estate” report is published on an annual basis.
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