Written question asked by Lord Bates (Conservative), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Baroness Crawley (Labour) on Thursday, 18 March 2010.

Expenditure: Office Equipment

Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total expenditure, excluding value added tax, on photocopier paper by (a) the Central Office of Information, (b) the UK Statistics Authority, (c)the National School of Government, and (d) the Cabinet Office, in the latest year for which figures are available.

Answer: Excluding VAT, (a) COI spent £14,028.58 on photocopier paper in 2008/9, (b) UKSA including ONS spent £19,482 on paper (includes basic printing as well as photocopying) for the period January-December 2009, (c) the National School of Government spent £22,631.05 on photocopier paper in 2008-09 and (d) the Cabinet Office spent £37,778.19 on paper for all the multi-functional devices (printers/photocopiers) for the period April-December 2009.

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