To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make it his policy to require all cleaning contracts held by his Department to stipulate that the cleaning products used and their ingredients should not have been tested on animals.

The Department has a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract with Telereal Trillium for the provision of fully serviced accommodation, including the provision of cleaning. The cleaning contractor used by Telereal Trillium is Mitie Group plc. This company does not use cleaning products or ingredients in cleaning products that have been tested on animals and has confirmed that it is their policy not to do so.