HC Deb 29 April 2004 vol 420 cc1175-7W
Tom Brake

To 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 Thomas

All 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.

Tom Brake

To 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 Thomas

100 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 Brake

To 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 Thomas

The 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 Brake

To 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 Thomas

The 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 Brake

To 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 Thomas

DFID 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 Brake

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development 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 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.

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