Departmental Plastics
Home Department
Eric Pickles (Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Communities and Local Government; Brentwood and Ongar, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Home Office-branded plastic bags her Department has procured in the last 24 months for which figures are available; and at what cost.
Liam Byrne (Minister of State (Borders and Immigration; Minister for the West Midlands; (also in HM Treasury)), Home Office; Birmingham, Hodge Hill, Labour)
The number of branded plastic bags that the Home Department purchased for the 24 months, January 2006 to December 2007, was 132,000 at a cost of £15,455.