Mineral Waters
Wales
Written answers and statements, 5 March 2008
Peter Ainsworth (Shadow Secretary of State for Environment Food & Rural Affairs, Environment, Food & Rural Affairs; East Surrey, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many litres of bottled water were purchased by his Department in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
Paul Murphy (Secretary of State, Wales Office; Torfaen, Labour)
My Department has used the following amounts of bottled water, in the last three years.
| Litres | |
| 2005 | 1,665 |
| 2006 | 2,072 |
| 2007 | 2,090 |
My Office, in line with Government initiatives on sustainable development, is exploring possibilities of installing filter taps to provide a drinking water tap in the kitchen at my London office. The water is used for water coolers. No additional bottled water is purchased.
My Cardiff office is fitted with a filter tap for drinking water.