HC Deb 17 May 2004 vol 421 c724W
Michael Fabricant

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what percentage of the(a) crockery, (b) cutlery and (c) glassware procured by his Department over the last five years is of British manufacture. [170795]

Yvette Cooper

The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister was established in May 2002, since this time we have procured replacement crockery through the Office of Government Commerce's pre-tendered, EU compliant contracts.