To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what mechanisms are in place to ensure her Department's economical use of paper. (128010)

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport's policy on the economic use of paper contains the following elements:

deployment of multifunctional devices for printing and copying that default to double sided output;

staff are instructed to read on screen rather than print emails and documents unnecessarily;

internal publications, instructions and manuals are issued online through the Department's intranet;

the Department uses recycled paper; and,

the Department uses electronic tendering solutions to reduce the amount of paper work and postage created through the use of manual systems.