§ Mr. CrausbyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of documentation used by his Department is(a) made from recycled paper and (b) collected for recycling. [111608]
§ Mr. Paul MurphyMy Department operates a purchasing policy which gives full weight to environmental considerations in the procurement of all goods and services. The current paper contract provides paper that is at least 80 per cent. post consumer waste, produced using environmentally chlorine free pulp from sustainable forests.
Information is not held centrally on the percentage of recycled paper in documentation which was produced externally, but which is used by my Department.
My Department has a staff of 39, and a correspondingly small production of waste paper. We do not therefore keep formal records of waste recycled, but we recycle paper as a matter of routine.