Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his policy is on his Department's rates of recycling of plastic, paper, metal and other products; and if he will make a statement.

We are committed to improving the environmental sustainability of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's operations, in line with the Greening Government Commitments, we aim to reduce the amount of waste we produce and increase the proportion of waste we recycle. The most recent published information relating to our commitments to waste and recycling can both be found on the gov.uk website in the FCO Sustainability Report 2019/20 (beginning on page 14) and in the DFID Annual Report and Accounts 2019/20, beginning on page 74.