Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information on sustainable procurement his Department has requested from the Ministry of Justice in the last year for the purpose of assessing his Department's performance against Government buying standards.

Defra Commercial has not requested any specific information on sustainable procurement from the Ministry of Justice in the last year for the purpose of assessing that Department's performance against Government buying standards. Defra adheres to Government buying standards on sustainability and has incorporated them into its contracting terms and conditions. From September this year, Crown Commercial required all government departments to adhere to the ‘balanced scorecard’ approach to food procurement.