§ Tom BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development 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. [166662]
Mr. Gareth ThomasAll contracts issued in respect of DFID stipulate that the copying paper provided is to be 100 per cent. recycled with a minimum of 75 per cent. post-consumer waste content.
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§ Tom BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development 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. [166663]
Mr. Gareth Thomas100 per cent. of the copying paper used in DFID came from recycled sources. It is not possible to say how much post-consumer waste this contained. Our current recycled paper is made up from at least 75 per cent. post-consumer waste.
§ Tom BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development 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 paper for printed publications bought by the Department is 60 per cent. recycled, of which a minimum is 75 per cent. post-consumer waste. [166664]
Mr. Gareth ThomasThe Department for International Development (DFID) routinely requires that the designers and printers under contract to produce DFID publications source paper that has a minimum of 75 per cent. recycled content.
§ Tom BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development 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. [166665]
Mr. Gareth ThomasThe Department for International Development does not hold this information centrally, and due to disproportionate cost we cannot supply this information.
However, DFID routinely requires that the designers and printers under contract to produce DFID publications source paper that has a minimum of 75 per cent. recycled content.
§ Tom BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development 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. [166666]
Mr. Gareth ThomasDFID has already met the quick win targets set by DEFRA in that all of our copying paper is 100 per cent. recycled with at least 75 per cent. post-consumer waste content.
DFID routinely requires that the designers and printers under Contract to produce DFID publications source paper that has a minimum of 75 per cent. recycled content. We are in the process of amending design and print contracts, and are investigating joining the Department for Transport framework agreement for purchasing recycled paper, ensuring that we meet the quick win target for paper in printed publications.
§ Tom BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will list the Department's 1177W main suppliers of (a) copier paper, (b) stationery, (c) envelopes and (d) paper for reports, in each case stating (i) the name of each paper used and (ii) the post-consumer recycled content of each paper. [166667]
Type Supplier Commmment Copier Paper (DFID London) David John Papers Ltd. Unit A Middlegreen Trading Estate
Middlegreen Road
Langley
Slough
Berks SL3 7BL
Diplomat Recycled Paper. A4 80gsm 100 per cent. recycled of 100 per cent. post-consumer waste. Copier Paper (DFID. Scotland) Glenmore Dunfermline
Business Park
Rosyth
Fife KY 2RN
Evolve Business Paper. 100 per cent. recycled. Minimum of 75 per cent. post-consumer waste.
Stationery Banner Business Supplies PO Box 560St. Crispins
Duke Street
Norwich NR3 ISQ
No paper products supplied, only stationery. Guilbert Guilbert House
68–72 St John's Road
Corstorphine
Edinburgh EH12 SAT
No paper products supplied, only stationery Envelopes Banner Business Supplies Ltd.
PO Box 560
St Crispins
Duke Street
Norwich NR3 ISQ
Banner Envelopes. 60–85 per cent. post consumer waste. Paper for Reports (AH) Glenmore Dunfermline Business Park
Rosyth
FIFE KY11 2RN
Evolve Business Paper. 100 per cent. recycled. Minimum of 75 per cent. post-consumer waste.
Paper for Reports (PS) David John Papers Ltd. Unit 1[...]A Middlegreen Trading Estate
Middlegreen Road
Langley
Slough
Berks SL3 7BL
Diplomat Recycled Paper. A4 80gsm. 100 per cent. recycled of 100 per cent. post-consumer waste
Paper for reports The Department for International Development does not procure paper for its reports directly from paper merchants. However we routinely require the designers and printers of DFID publications to source paper that has a minimum of 75 per cent. recycled content.