To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate she has made of the amount of waste arising from her Department in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 (i) in total and (ii) per full-time equivalent member of staff. (281037)

The following table gives details of waste arisings from offices in total, and per member of staff.

As there is no requirement within the targets for Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate to report waste arisings per full-time equivalent member of staff, we have used for consistency the same staffing figures as used to calculate the water reduction targets. These include an agreed allowance for on-site contractors/visitors.