Statement
I have today laid before Parliament, pursuant to Section 86 of the Climate Change Act 2008, the “State of the Estate in 2024-25”.
This report describes the progress made in improving the efficiency, sustainability and performance of the central government estate.
The report confirms that the central government estate comprised 203,400 assets in 2024–25. This included 181,100 built assets and around 22,400 land assets. The built estate had a total floor area of 159.1 million square metres, while the government also held 640,400 hectares of land. The freehold value of the estate increased by 9.1% to £208.4 billion.
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 2024-25, overall emissions had reduced by 42.1%, with energy costs reduced by an estimated £323.6 million.
Annual running costs reduced by 0.9% to £26.6 billion, despite continued inflationary pressures across utilities, maintenance and facilities management. Costs remain concentrated in a small number of operationally intensive portfolios, particularly health, defence and schools.
Efficiency savings reached £750 million, surpassing the £500 million target a year early, with the government also raising £2 billion from property disposals ahead of time.
The ‘State of the Estate’ report is published on an annual basis.
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