tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post1898905770317600599..comments2023-12-11T08:49:46.305+00:00Comments on Dizzy Thinks: So much for caring about energy prices?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-52876102185914846672008-11-21T22:19:00.000+00:002008-11-21T22:19:00.000+00:00A very sloppy PQ answer, which deserves to be deri...A very sloppy PQ answer, which deserves to be derided. I'm fairly sure the Treasury should have answered "We don't pay the bills for No 11".<BR/><BR/>10, 11 and 12 Downing Street were almost completely reconstucted between 1959 and 1961, and I would think that the three buildings share a heating system. <BR/><BR/>The freehold of all three is recorded in the 2007 edition of the National Asset Register (published on HMT's own website!)<BR/>as being held by the Cabient Office so I suspect they now pay the utility bills for the whole block.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-37824604696740983942008-11-20T16:13:00.000+00:002008-11-20T16:13:00.000+00:00The gas, leccy and water bills for No. 11 "aren't ...The gas, leccy and water bills for No. 11 "aren't held centrally"? What do they do, tear them up and cast the pieces to the four winds?<BR/><BR/>I find it very hard to believe that the energy bills for the whole of Whitehall, let alone No. 11, aren't held centrally. These are bureaucrats we're talking about, not old Uncle Harry who should really be in a home or something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-85104715444247157052008-11-20T12:03:00.000+00:002008-11-20T12:03:00.000+00:00It just goes to show what a cosseted world our pol...It just goes to show what a cosseted world our politicians live in.<BR/>I would imagine you would be hard pressed to find any MP who knew the price of a loaf of bread, or a pint of milk, but ask them the price of a plasma TV!<BR/>The sooner the lot of them were put on the minimum wage with properly accounted for expenses the sooner we might get some sense out of them.Barnacle Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17257546424880537005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-27826940265059020462008-11-19T17:21:00.000+00:002008-11-19T17:21:00.000+00:00As they claim to be monitoring energy prices, here...As they claim to be monitoring energy prices, here's another question for them: <B>how come my gas bill has gone up by 15% in the last few months through the ad-hoc application of a "gas transport charge"?</B> No recent increase in gas, (for once), but now I'm being made to pay for them to deliver their product to me, with no corresponding drop in price of the product itself. Have they never factored this into their prices before? And of course, I've also got to pay VAT on that, so no surprise that this squalid government don't give a FF.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-91960723972824758202008-11-19T16:45:00.000+00:002008-11-19T16:45:00.000+00:00You see, now this would be a perfect application f...You see, now this would be a perfect application for one of the Government's cherished databases.<BR/><BR/>But will they employ one to monitor their own activities? I wouldn't hold your breath.John Pickworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02166443099429490782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-20142132604266020562008-11-19T16:26:00.000+00:002008-11-19T16:26:00.000+00:00It wld be interesting to see what respose one got ...It wld be interesting to see what respose one got to an FoI request . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com