Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, 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 Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The information requested is not held centrally.
Asked by: Mark Hendrick (Labour (Co-op) - Preston)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what Fairtrade products are available from (a) vending machines and (b) canteens in his Department.
Answered by George Eustice
Defra has no vending machines. The following Fairtrade products are available through Defra’s canteens:-
Bananas
Sugar Sachets – Brown and White
Bulk Sugar – Brown and White
Drinking Chocolate
“Oh so Scrummy” products including, Muffins, Cakes and Flapjacks
“Be Fair “ Healthy Apple and Orange drinks
“Eat Fair” Dark Coconut bar, Flapjack - Oat and Seed Bar, Rocky Road, Salted Caramel Bars
“Nestle” Kit Kats 3 flavours
The canteen also stocks Costa Coffee and Typhoo tea which are part of the rainforest alliance scheme.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, 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 Margot James
The information requested is not held centrally and could ony be obtained at a disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, 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 Anne Milton
The information requested is not held centrally.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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 Robert Jenrick
We cannot aggregate day-to-day spend comprised of fair trade products due to not holding this data centrally. Our accommodation and stationery products are purchased through a third-party supplier.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 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 Shailesh Vara
The Northern Ireland Office is fully committed to ethical procurement; however, we are unable to quantify what proportion of our annual spend relates to fair trade products over the requested period.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, 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 Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
The Wales Office does not routinely spend on day-to-day food and drink products and uses Ministry of Justice contracts to procure most of our non-food day-to-day goods.
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 - Minister of State (Minister for Europe)
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.