Written question asked by Katie Lam (Conservative) on Monday, 1 September 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 3 September 2025. It was answered by Andrew Western (Labour) on Monday, 15 September 2025 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.
Department for Work and Pensions: Stationery
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to encourage the procurement of British-made office products and stationery by (a) her Department and (b) its arms-length bodies.
- Answer
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The Government is committed to supporting British businesses and the products they produce, ensuring they have the best opportunities to win UK public contracts and deliver high-quality goods and services.
Cabinet Office are consulting on a package of further reforms to public procurement to support the Government’s Industrial Strategy.
The Government maintains robust standards across a range of categories of spend, these are set out by the Government Buying Standards, including for Paper & paper products. Furthermore, Government has also implemented a Timber Procurement Policy to ensure that only timber and wood-derived products (including paper) originating from an independently verifiable Legal and Sustainable source will be used on the government estate.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 73822
- Session
- 2024-26
- Grouped for answer
- Yes
- Subjects
- Department for Work and Pensions Stationery
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- 2025-09-23 16:17:06 +0100
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