To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on existing targets set to minimise waste within his Department. [11554]

The Scottish Office proposes to set waste minimisation targets throughout the Department once the necessary supporting information is collated and analysed. This action is in hand.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the amount, and proportion, of paper recycled by his Department in each of the last five years. [11555]

I shall write to my hon. Friend as soon as possible and arrange for a copy of the letter to be placed in the House Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has to introduce a waste minimisation strategy for his Department. [11553]

The Scottish Office has recently developed a waste minimisation strategy for its main building at Victoria quay, Edinburgh, as part of an environmental management system. It is planned to introduce similar strategies through existing management structures in all other principal Scottish Office buildings.