Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money her Department has spent on bottled water in each year since 2010.

The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

The majority of water cooler units in the department are now plumbed in and fed direct from the mains water. Hospitality for meetings is provided using glass water jugs which are filled using filtered water.

However, we have established that a number of HO sites do purchase bottled water for a range of reasons; such as lack of water supply in some very localised areas. We are working to reduce provision of bottled mineral where possible.