Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to reduce the use of plastic within that Department.

In our 25 Year Environment Plan, the Government outlined a range of measures on how we will reduce the amount of plastic in circulation through reducing demand for single-use plastic. This included a commitment to removing all consumer single use plastics from the central government estate offices.

At our London headquarters, we have already replaced all single-use plastic coffee cups, food containers and cutlery from our catering services, with compostable alternatives.