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Nat ional Fraud Authority (NFA)
The NFA is committed to using suppliers that are contracted via the Office of Government Commerce Buying Solutions Framework to ensure value for money; procuring paper products that are sustainably sourced where possible. In 2008-09 all paper products used by NFA were sourced from sustainable forests and are 100 0 per cent. recyclable. Current brands used are as follows:
| Type | Supplier | Brand | Specification |
No orders were placed for paper packaging, craft materials or hygiene products
between August 2008 and March 2009.
SFO policy on the procurement of paper and paper products is (wherever possible) to meet the "Buy Sustainable-Quick Wins" best practice specifications issued by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Suppliers used are 'Talk paper' and 'KH packaging'. The brands are as follows:
Evolve Office
Evolve Office 2 Hole
Drilled
Data Copy Colour
Data Colour
Data Colour Every day
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has a national framework contract with Office Depot for the supply of general stationery items and photocopying paper. CPS Sustainable Procurement Policy mandates that relevant products are purchased in accordance with the Office of Government Commerce's list of quick wins.
The CPS does not keep central records of the brands of paper products purchased and to obtain these details would involve manually checking paper records throughout the organisation and would incur disproportionate cost.
According to records supplied by Office Depot brands of paper purchased during 2008-09 include Niceday, Epson, Evolve, Hewlett Packard, Xerox, Datacopy, Steinbeis and Conqueror.
The CPS is a devolved organisation and it is possible that additional paper products outside of the Office Depot contract have been purchased. To obtain details of these including the brands of items would incur disproportionate cost.
Prior to the merger of the two departments in 2009-10 Revenue and Customs Prosecutions' Office (RCPO) obtained all its paper supplies, other than the fine quality bond paper, from Premier Beswick Paper mills, who are a recommended supplier from OGC. All the paper provided by Premier Beswick is 100 per cent. recycled.
Treasury Solicitor's Department
The Treasury Solicitor's Department (TSol) utilises (a) Banner Office Supplies and Exi Serve Ltd. and (b) paper products as follows:
| Size | |
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Stationery items-supplier and brand both Banner Office Supplies | |
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Stationery products- supplier Exi Serve Ltd; Brand Q-Connect | |
The Treasury Solicitor's Departments policy is to procure, where possible, all items of paper products from Banner Office Supplies under a framework agreement negotiated by HM Revenue and Customs and to ensure that items are procured in the most cost-efficient and environmentally manner possible.
HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate
HMCPSI have adopted sustainable procurement and are working with TSol towards adopting their e-procurement policy and framework. Wherever possible, HMCPSI are committed to meet the "Buy Sustainable-Quick Wins" best practice specifications issued by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
The following table shows the (a) suppliers (b) brands of (i) paper and (ii) paper products bought during the financial year 2008-09.
Hotels
Mr. Maude: To ask the Solicitor-General pursuant to the answer to hon. Member for Ruislip Northwood of 9 February 2010, Official Report, column 861W, on hotels, at which hotels graded five star or above bookings were made; for what (a) dates and (b) purposes the bookings were made; and whether the bookings were made on behalf of (i) Ministers and (ii) civil servants. [320911]
The Solicitor-General: The following five star hotels were booked for civil servants carrying out official duties. SFO policy is that hotel expenditure should meet the SFO hotel booking policy which compares favourably with wider Government service policies. Hotels with five star ratings have only been selected in exceptional circumstances where other lower ratings were not available or suitable. The geographical location of the hotels has not been specified because all the bookings related to investigations conducted by the Serious Fraud Office into possible criminal activity.
| Hotel name | Arrival |
Royal Family
Norman Baker: To ask the Solicitor-General which members of the Royal Family are entitled to the assistance of the Attorney-General in her capacity as legal adviser. [319371]
The Solicitor-General: The only member of the Royal Family whom the Attorney-General, as Her Majesty's Attorney-General, is on occasion called upon to advise is the Queen.
Royal Family: Wills
Norman Baker: To ask the Solicitor-General (1) who initiated the discussions between the Palace, Farrers, the Attorney-General's Secretariat, the Attorney-General, a Senior District Judge, and President of the Family Division on the practice of the sealing of royal wills, leading to the creation of a document considering the practices for the closure of royal wills which was created in discussions before and after the death of the late Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret Countess of Snowdon, but prior to the issue of any proceedings; [319368]
(2) if she will publish the record of the discussions between the Palace, Farrers, the Attorney-General's Secretariat, the Attorney-General, a Senior District Judge, and President of the Family Division on the practice of sealing of royal wills before and after the death of the late Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret Countess of Snowdon, but prior to the issue of any proceedings to the sealing of royal wills. [319369]
The Solicitor-General: There have from time to time for many years been discussions between interested parties about the practice of the sealing of royal wills. It is not usual practice to comment on discussions undertaken in confidence with the Royal Household or their legal representatives.
Norman Baker: To ask the Solicitor-General whether the Attorney-General attended a court hearing to determine whether the will of (a) Her Majesty the Queen Mother and (b) Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon should be sealed. [319370]
The Solicitor-General: The Attorney-General did attend court hearings to determine whether the wills of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret should be sealed.
Health
Departmental Pay
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was paid in reimbursable expenses to special advisers in his Department in each of the last five years. [320477]
Phil Hope: The Department paid the following amounts, as reimbursable expenses, over the past five financial years:
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