To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much and what proportion of its waste his Department recycled in each of the last five years. (266614)

The Wales Office began recording the volume of waste produced in April 2007 onwards. For the year 2007-08, 12,619 kg of waste was recycled, equating to 80 per cent. of the total waste produced. The figure for 2008-09 is not yet available.