Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of his Department's spend on day-to-day goods comprised fair trade products in each of the last eight years.
Answered by Rory Stewart
The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of his Department's spend on day-to-day goods has comprised fair trade products in each of the last eight years.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani
The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of his Department's spend on day-to-day goods has comprised fair trade products in each of the last eight years.
Answered by Lord Harrington of Watford
This information is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of his Department's spend on day-to-day goods has comprised fair trade products in each of the last eight years.
Answered by George Eustice
Defra’s finance system does not record whether a supplier provides fair trade products. To ascertain whether such products have been provided would require the manual examination of thousands of transactions. This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what proportion of his Department's spend on day-to-day goods has comprised fair trade products since it was established.
Answered by Steve Baker
The Department for Exiting the European Union is fully committed to ethical procurement, but does not hold information at the level of detail required to answer the Question.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department's spend on day-to-day goods has comprised fair trade products in each of the last eight years.
Answered by Alistair Burt
DFID has contracted Interserve Facilities Management to deliver catering facilities to our UK buildings with effect from 01 October 2016. We do not hold any data relevant to your request prior to this date. For the period from 01/10/16 to date we hold the following information:
DFID’s spend on catering products for this period was £427,396. The proportion of this spent on Fair Trade or Rainforest Alliance Products was £35,074 or 8.2%
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of her Department's spend on day-to-day goods has comprised fair trade products in each of the last eight years.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
Information on what proportion of the Department's spend on day-to-day goods has comprised fair trade products in each of the last eight years is not held on the Department’s e-procurement system.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what proportion of his Department's spend on day-to-day goods comprised fair trade products in each of the last eight years.
Answered by David Mundell
The Scotland Office does not have canteen facilities. The only expenditure on food is purchases for occasional events and receptions. The Scotland Office does not keep separate records of the spending on fair trade products. Spending on food follows Government policy on sustainability and Fair Trade.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of his Department's spend on day-to-day goods has comprised fair trade products in each of the last eight years.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The Department does not hold information where day-to-day goods spend comprises a breakdown of fair trade products. This information could only be obtained by reviewing every contract through which day-to-day goods have been supplied, in each of the last eight years. To do this would incur disproportionate time and cost.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of his Department's spend on day-to-day goods comprised fair trade products in each of the last eight years.
Answered by Guto Bebb
The proportion of the Ministry of Defence's spend on day-to-day goods comprised of fair trade products is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.