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Dept for Work and Pensions

Answer

Sue Doughty: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 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. [65770] Maria Eagle: 2.12 per cent. of the 1,824,682 reams of paper purchased by DWP in 2001-02 was recycled paper. Of this 1,330,392 reams were purchased from the joint OGC/DWP contract at a cost of £4,913,629. Costs for the remaining 494,290 reams are not available. In 2001-02 DWP also purchased 8,434 tonnes of pre- printed paper (leaflets and forms), of which 16 per cent. was recycled. 721 tonnes of card and board were also purchased of which 68 per cent. was recycled. Costs are not currently available. Information is not available prior to 2001-02. We are currently reviewing the measures we have in place to reduce the overall amount of paper used within the Department at the same time as increasing the percentage of recycled paper used.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

65770; 389 c1024W;389 c1023W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Costs Department for Work and Pensions Government departments Procurement Recycling Paper

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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