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Printing reports in black and white could save money

STATES printing costs could be halved if departments printed in black and white instead of colour, the chief minister has said.

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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.

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