Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to reduce its use of single-use plastics.

The Home Office is committed to reducing its use of single-use plastics and is actively taking steps to achieve this.

At our London headquarters, we have already replaced all single-use plastic coffee cups, food containers and cutlery from our catering services, with biodegradable alternatives. We have also begun to phase out single-use plastic water cups across the estate.

We will continue to work with The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and our suppliers to remove single-use plastics from our office estate.