Mineral Waters

Mr. Peter Ainsworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many litres of bottled water were purchased by his Department in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Paul Murphy
My Department has used the following amounts of bottled water, in the last three years.

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|    |Litres|
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|2005|1,665 |
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|2006|2,072 |
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|2007|2,090 |
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My Office, in line with Government initiatives on sustainable development, is exploring possibilities of installing filter taps to provide a drinking water tap in the kitchen at my London office. The water is used for water coolers. No additional bottled water is purchased.

My Cardiff office is fitted with a filter tap for drinking water.