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Home Office

Answer

Sue Doughty: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of (a) paper and (b) other goods purchased by his Department was recycled paper in each year since 1997; what the annual total cost of these purchases was; what plans there are to increase these proportions; and if he will make a statement. [65772] Beverley Hughes: (a) The proportion of recycled paper purchased by the Department from the framework paper contract for 2000-01 and 2001-02 is set out in the table. Figures for earlier years are not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Number of reams of Cost of Recycled Total number of Total cost of paper Percentage of recycled paper paper reams purchased purchased recycled paper purchased 2000-01 12,830 £28,536 556,084 £889,789 2 2001-02 27,230 £85,820 797,212 £1,451,900 3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The Home Office has recently made the use of recycled paper for photocopiers, printers and facsimile equipment compulsory. This mandate applies to the core Home Office and should result in around 40 per cent. of all paper purchased by the Department as a whole being recycled. This percentage may increase shortly: the Prison Service has issued guidance to their procurement staff encouraging them to use recycled paper and the United Kingdom Passport Agency and the Forensic Science Service are at present considering whether to make its use compulsory. (b) Figures are not available for the proportion of other goods purchased by the Home Office that were derived from recycled paper.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

65772; 390 c46-8W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Costs Government departments Home Office Procurement Recycling Paper

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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