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<p>The Department does not specifically budget for or capture financial data narrowly
on paper costs for the core Department and its agencies, due to how office occupancy
and facilities management (including access to printing services) is structured. The
Department does report paper consumption in its Annual Report and Accounts as part
of the sustainability reporting requirements in central government. On the basis of
these consumption numbers and applying indicative market prices for paper the estimated
paper costs in 2022-23 and the previous five years for the Department and its Agencies
is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Actual
performance</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2022-23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>Baseline</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reams of Paper</p></td><td><p>11,816</p></td><td><p>12,385</p></td><td><p>12,369</p></td><td><p>22,348</p></td><td><p>34,374</p></td><td><p>27,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Expected
cost</p></td><td><p>£53,172</p></td><td><p>£49,929</p></td><td><p>£42,242</p></td><td><p>£76,680</p></td><td><p>£121,032</p></td><td><p>£92,887</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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