Waste Minimisation

Ms Walley
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on existing targets set to minimise waste within his Department. [11533]

Mr. Geoffrey Robinson
The Treasury has not set any waste minimisation targets but intends to do so in August 1997.

Ms Walley
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to introduce a waste minimisation strategy for his Department. [11532]

Mr. Robinson
The Treasury intends to have a waste minimisation strategy in place by August 1997.

Ms Walley
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the amount, and proportion, of paper recycled by his Department in each of the last five years. [11534]

Mr. Robinson
The Treasury introduced a white paper recycling scheme in 1993. This scheme was extended to include newspapers in 1996 and the amounts recycled are as follows:-------------
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|White paper|
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|           |1994–95|
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|           |1995–96|
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|           |1996–97|
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|Newspapers |
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It is not possible to determine the proportion of total waste that this represents.