It follows written questions from Deputy Lester Queripel about how much departments spent on producing leaflets.
Environment said it spent £1,283 last year but would have spent only £144 if it had printed in black and white.
'To put this in context this would represent less than 0.08% of the Financial Transformation Programme target set for the department and less than 0.065% of the FTP target the department is aiming to deliver,' said minister Roger Domaille.
'The £1,138.51 potential savings figure can also be compared with the estimated £300 cost in extracting this data in order to provide this answer to your question.'
Chief Minister Peter Harwood said the Policy Council spent £31,800 on printing key documents last year.
