§ Mr. BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is his Department's policy regarding the recycling of information technology equipment within his Department and relevant agencies and to other Government departments or agencies; and what arrangements have been made in this respect. [23278]
§ Mr. FatchettThis Department and its one agency aim to recycle as much material as is cost justified. Classified elements of surplus information technology equipment which cannot be redeployed within the Department are destroyed. Unclassified elements are sold either in working condition or for scrap.