To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how much bottled water was (a) sold and (b) provided in the House in the most recent year for which figures are available. (189814)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 8 October 2007, Official Report, column 18, in which I told the House that a total of 105,957 litres of bottled water are recorded as being sold by the House of Commons Refreshment Department in the financial year 2006-07, the last year for which figures are available. In the same year, 16,200 litres of bottled water were supplied to the Serjeant at Arms’ Department for use in the Committee Rooms, and an estimated 34,000 litres of bottled water were provided—mainly in water coolers—to staff of the House.