Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate the annual cost to his Department of (a) stationery and (b) postage incurred when sending a ministerial reply to hon. Members; and if he will make a statement.

Ministerial replies to letters from hon. Members are hand delivered to Parliament so there is no delivery cost to the department. The stationery used is recycled paper supplied to the Cabinet Office by Banner Business Services on a closed loop arrangement, whereby our paper waste is fully recycled and returned to us to use as copy paper. Each sheet costs 0.004 pence.