§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when his Department expects to implement in full the quick win targets set by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to ensure that(a) all copying paper bought by the Department is 100 per cent. recycled with a minimum of 75 per cent. post-consumer waste content and (b) all paper for printed publications bought by the Department is 60 per cent. recycled, of which a minimum is 75 per cent. post-consumer waste. [166787]
§ Mr. Stephen TwiggThe "quick win targets" set by DEFRA were communicated widely within the Department, particularly to procurement sections, in October 2003. Due to a lack of re-contracting opportunities since that date it has not so far been possible to implement specific measures to ensure the Department meets the quick win targets. Procurement sections have undertaken to introduce these as soon as re-contracting opportunities arise.
§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the Department's main suppliers of(a) copier paper, (b) stationery, (c) envelopes and (d) paper for reports, in each case 42W stating (i) the name of each paper used and (ii) the recycled and post-consumer recycled content of each paper. [166788]
§ Mr. Stephen TwiggMy Department's main suppliers of(a) copier paper and (d) paper for reports are Banner Business Supplies, Guilbert UK Ltd., Glenmore Business Papers, the Paper Company (formerly known as Twenty c Paper) and Premium Paper. Suppliers for (c) envelopes are Banner Business Supplies and (b) stationery are Banner Business Supplies and AlphaGraphics. However information for parts (i) and (ii) is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of copying paper used by the Department in 2002–03 was from recycled sources; and how much post-consumer waste this paper contained. [166789]
§ Mr. Stephen TwiggMy Department had no procedures in place to capture information on copying paper in 2002–03. New environmental monitoring arrangements were put in place when new departmental printing contracts were introduced in 2003–04 but the available part-year data have not yet been compiled and analysed.
§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of paper for printed publications used by the Department in 2002–03 was from recycled sources; and how much post-consumer waste this paper contained. [166790]
§ Mr. Stephen TwiggMy Department had no procedures in place to capture information on paper for printed publications in 2002–03. New environmental monitoring arrangements were put in place when new departmental printing contracts were introduced in 2003–04 but the available part-year data have not yet been compiled and analysed.
§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what measures he has put in place to ensure that his Department meets the quick win targets set by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to ensure that all copying paper bought by the Department is 100 per cent. recycled with a minimum of 75 per cent. post-consumer waste content. [166791]
§ Mr. Stephen TwiggThe "quick win targets" set by DEFRA were communicated widely within the Department, particularly to procurement sections, in October 2003. Due to a lack of re-contracting opportunities since that date it has not so far been possible to implement specific measures to ensure the Department meets the quick win targets. Procurement sections have undertaken to introduce these as soon as re-contracting opportunities arise.