Environmentally Friendly Procurement

Linda Perham
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what recent guidance he has given to local authorities on environmentally friendly procurement. [127780]

Phil Hope
Local authorities are responsible within the Law for making their own decisions on procurement. In doing so they will no doubt consider the case for environmentally friendly procurement, consistent with the European Union Procurement----------------------------------------
|Region                                |
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|North West (Merseyside)               |
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|South West (Cornwall and Scilly Isles)|
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|Yorkshire and Humber (South Yorkshire)|
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|East of England                       |
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|East Midlands                         |
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|London                                |
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|North East                            |
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|North West                            |
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|South East                            |
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|South West                            |
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|West Midlands                         |
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|Yorkshire and Humber                  |
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|Total                                 |
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Note:

All figures are in £000s. Allocations and targets (originally in Euros) are based on an average exchange rate since the beginning of the programmes (1 Euro =£0.628).

Directives and domestic law, which includes the duty of Best Value. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister set out its views on Best Value and procurement in Circular 03/2003. This included the Government's definition of Best Value as "the optimum combination of whole life costs and benefits to meet the customer's requirement."

This approach enables sustainability and quality to be taken into account when service delivery options are being considered.