The information requested is as follows:
Attorney-General's Office (AGO)
Where possible, the AGO uses recycled paper products. Where it is not recycled, it is sourced from ‘well-managed forests’. The hand towels, which are currently ‘virgin pulp' are being switched to a 100 per cent. recycled product once current supplies are exhausted
Brand Supplier Paper type Size Weight Recycled content Evolve Eximedia Copier paper A4 80g/m 100 per cent. Steinbeis Banner Copier paper A3 80g/m2 100 per cent. Xerox Symphony Banner Copier paper—green A4 80/gm Virgin Letterheaded paper Eximedia Ministerial paper A4 100g/m Virgin Viking Viking White Card A4 160g/m2 Virgin Luxury whisper Mayflower Toilet tissue — — 100 per cent. Tork premium Mayflower Hand towels — — Virgin Katrin classic Mayflower Kitchen roll — — 100 per cent.
National Fraud Authority (NFA)
The NFA is committed to using suppliers that are contracted via the Office of Government Commerce Buying Solutions Framework to ensure value for money; procuring paper products that are sustainably sourced where possible. In 2008-09 all paper products used by NFA were sourced from sustainable forests and are 100 0 per cent. recyclable. Current brands used are as follows:
Type Supplier Brand Specification Copier paper Lyreco UK Ltd. Navigator Universal A4 and A3 80gsm White Printing paper Lyreco UK Ltd. Navigator Universal A4 and A3 80gsm White Banner Business Supplies Xerox A4 Symphony Tint 80gsm Green
No orders were placed for paper packaging, craft materials or hygiene products
between August 2008 and March 2009.
Serious Fraud Office
SFO policy on the procurement of paper and paper products is (wherever possible) to meet the “Buy Sustainable—Quick Wins” best practice specifications issued by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Suppliers used are ‘Talk paper’ and ‘KH packaging’. The brands are as follows:
Paper brand
Evolve Office
Evolve Office 2 Hole
Drilled
Data Copy Colour
Data Colour
Data Colour Every day
Crown Prosecution Service
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has a national framework contract with Office Depot for the supply of general stationery items and photocopying paper. CPS Sustainable Procurement Policy mandates that relevant products are purchased in accordance with the Office of Government Commerce's list of quick wins.
The CPS does not keep central records of the brands of paper products purchased and to obtain these details would involve manually checking paper records throughout the organisation and would incur disproportionate cost.
According to records supplied by Office Depot brands of paper purchased during 2008-09 include Niceday, Epson, Evolve, Hewlett Packard, Xerox, Datacopy, Steinbeis and Conqueror.
The CPS is a devolved organisation and it is possible that additional paper products outside of the Office Depot contract have been purchased. To obtain details of these including the brands of items would incur disproportionate cost.
Prior to the merger of the two departments in 2009-10 Revenue and Customs Prosecutions' Office (RCPO) obtained all its paper supplies, other than the fine quality bond paper, from Premier Beswick Paper mills, who are a recommended supplier from OGC. All the paper provided by Premier Beswick is 100 per cent. recycled.
Treasury Solicitor's Department
The Treasury Solicitor's Department (TSol) utilises (a) Banner Office Supplies and Exi Serve Ltd. and (b) paper products as follows:
Size Stationery items—supplier and brand both Banner Office Supplies A-Z index books A4/A5 Memo pads A4/A5 Shorthand notebooks A5 Plain pads A5/A6 Post-it notes Small/medium/large Blue inserts/spines/corners — Photocopying paper (part recycled fibres) A4 Photocopying paper (part recycled fibres) A3 Envelopes—supplier and brand both Banner Office Supplies A5 White Window 229x162 A5 Plain 229x162 A4 Window — A4 Plain — Plain 254x178 Plain 381x254 Window 110x220 Plain 110x220 Plain 406x305 Transit envelopes Medium/large Stationery products—supplier Exi Serve Ltd; Brand Q-Connect Business storage boxes/archive boxes — Counsel note books —
The Treasury Solicitor's Departments policy is to procure, where possible, all items of paper products from Banner Office Supplies under a framework agreement negotiated by HM Revenue and Customs and to ensure that items are procured in the most cost-efficient and environmentally manner possible.
HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate
HMCPSI have adopted sustainable procurement and are working with TSol towards adopting their e-procurement policy and framework. Wherever possible, HMCPSI are committed to meet the “Buy Sustainable—Quick Wins” best practice specifications issued by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
The following table shows the (a) suppliers (b) brands of (i) paper and (ii) paper products bought during the financial year 2008-09.
(a) Supplier (b) Brands (i) Paper (ii) Paper products Lyreco UK Ltd. Evolve which is 100 per cent. recycled content Copier/office paper — Paperback Ltd. Croxley Heritage which is 80 per cent. recycled content Letterhead — Paperback Ltd. Evercolour which is 100 per cent. recycled content Coloured paper — Xerox (MOJ) supplier Usually Xerox own brand paper. No definite figure for recycled content but meets government standard Report Printing — Pioneer Quality Services and their sub-contractors No information supplied by contractor — Toilet paper and hand towels Lyreco UK Ltd. Impega and Tyrek—company brands. They are endorsed by the Forest Stewardship Council and are sourced from sustainable forests and are 100 per cent. recyclable — Envelopes