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147419

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many contracts signed by his Department with suppliers of services or consultants include a clause providing that if the contract is abrogated by the Government, the provider or consultant will be compensated for lost income since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
	tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
	uin	214000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>The maintenance of central records of all contracts let by the Department commenced from August 2012. Therefore, I can provide information on contracts let in the period August 2012 to date only.</p><p> </p><p>No contracts put in place for the Department using UK SBS terms and conditions include provision for compensation for lost income in the event of abrogation by the customer. Indeed, UK SBS terms and conditions include clauses specifically excluding such activity. Where the Department’s needs have been met through the use of Crown Commercial Service frameworks, the terms and conditions applied will be those required by the respective framework.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s contract opportunities with a value greater than £10,000 and all contracts subsequently awarded are published on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">Contracts Finder</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 20/11/2014 15:47:11 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

156154

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any (a) external contractors and (b) consultancy companies engaged by his Department have charged more than the initial price agreed for their services since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	214978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>Since August 2012 the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has benefitted from having central records of contracts let by the Department. However, the operational management of each contract continues to rest with the respective project SRO (Senior Responsible Owner) or team, and there may often be valid reasons for any subsequent contract changes. The Department is reviewing its Commercial Strategy and expects to increase management information in this area soon but presently lacks the capacity to marry contracts let with actual payments made, and to do so would involve disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 24/11/2014 13:11:42 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

222380

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total value of contracts his Department has with private sector providers was in each of the last five years for which records are available.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	224652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The total value of contracts the core Department has with private sector providers is set out in the table below. Records prior to April 2011 are not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£144.2M</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£137.0M</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£216.4M</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15 (YTD)</p></td><td><p>£239.8M</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 02/03/2015 17:35:06 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

224643

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the amount (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on procurement was paid to small and medium-sized enterprises (i) directly and (ii) through the supply chain in the last year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	226052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government has overhauled public procurement to open it up to businesses of all sizes. On 25 February 2015, we announced that central government spent an unprecedented £11.4 billion with SMEs in 2013-14, a record 26.1% of direct and indirect spend. This meets our aspiration, set in 2010, that 25% of government procurement spend would be with SMEs by the end of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>The data on central government spend with SMEs in 2013-14 is available on GOV.UK:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/central-government-spend-with-smes-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/central-government-spend-with-smes-2013-to-2014</a></p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 10/03/2015 14:59:37 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

76658

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	204892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>A comprehensive answer cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate cost as the Department does not maintain a single register of all contracted out services. However, the Department does routinely publish details of the ‘Outsourced Programme Managed Services' in its annual resource accounts. These are contracts the Department has placed to manage the delivery of programmes and work to support the Department's objectives.</p><p>The figures over the financial years in question along with the total programme expenditure for the core Department are as follows:</p><p><strong>F/Yr OutsourcedService Costs Total Programme Expenditure</strong></p><p>2013/14 £23.0m £23,566m</p><p>2012/13 £34.9m £21,077m</p><p>2011/12 £10.2m £22,373m</p><p>2010/11 £29.9m £25,734m</p><p>2009/10 £69.2m £24,610m</p><p><strong>Note:</strong> the total programme expenditure reflects non-administration costs, including payment of grant-in-aid, grants and other disbursements in support of policy initiatives.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 15/07/2014 15:45:15 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

76996

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many contracts (a) let since 2010 and (b) about to be let by his Department and its agencies are worth (i) between £1 million and £3 million and (ii) over £3 million; how much has been spent on monitoring each contract let by his Department since 2010; and how many officials in his Department monitor each contract let since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	205195
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department complies with the Government's Transparency programme. As part of this all of the Department's contract opportunities with a value greater than £10,000 and all contracts subsequently awarded are published on Contracts Finder.</p><p> </p><p>The maintenance of central records of all contracts let by the Department commenced from August 2012. Therefore, I can provide information on the contracts let in the period August 2012 to date only.</p><p> </p><p>According to these records one contract has been let in the £1m to £3m range and two contracts have been let with a value in excess of £3m.</p><p> </p><p>I am not aware that any contracts are about to be let with a value above £1m.</p><p> </p><p>Records are not kept on the numbers of officials monitoring these contracts or the cost of so doing.</p><p> </p><p>I have approached the Chief Executives of the Department's Executive Agencies (Insolvency Service, Companies House, National Measurement Office, Intellectual Property Office, UK Space Agency, Ordnance Survey, Met Office, and the Land Registry) and they will respond to the Hon. Member directly. A letter from the Skills Funding Agency will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 17/07/2014 16:53:51 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson attachment 1 file name 15455 AGENCY LETTERS.pdf title Executive Agency letters for PQ UIN: 205195
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

77237

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how much and what proportion of the Government Equalities Office's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of the Government Equalities Office's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	205216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p /> <p>I refer the honourable Member for Tooting to the answer given by my hon. Friend, the Minister for Sport and Tourism on given on 2nd September 2014 Official Report, col 201W . The figures for 2013-14 and 2014-15 for DCMS included figures for the Government Equalities Office (GEO). Within those totals, the figures for the GEO are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contracted-out expenditure<br> £000<br> Actuals</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Proportion of contracted-out expenditure to Budget<br> Actuals*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2,252</p></td><td> </td><td><p>26%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Forecast</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Forecast</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2,782</p></td><td> </td><td><p>42%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>* the percentage value is calculated against a proportion of the GEO budget which excludes grant payments and internal payment transfers between departments</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For prior years the Department does not hold this information, as the GEO used the expertise of the Home Office and Government Procurement Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 03/09/2014 12:40:32 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

77488

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how many contracts the Government Equalities Office (a) has let and (b) plan to let that are worth (i) between £1 million and £3 million and (i) over £3 million since 2010; how much the Government Equalities Office has spent on monitoring each such contract; and how many officials in the Government Equalities Office monitor each contract.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	205370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>Since 2010 the Government Equalities Office (GEO) has not let any contracts between £1 million and £3million and does not have any current plans to do so. The GEO has only let one contract over £3million since 2010 and does not have any current plans of further contracts of this value. Monitoring of the contract, which is in relation to the Equalities Advisory Support Service, is undertaken alongside other duties by a small team of officials; there is no resource or budget solely for the monitoring of this contract.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 21/07/2014 13:28:05 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

78110

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, how much the Government Equalities Office paid to (a) G4S, (b) Serco, (c) Sodexo, (d) GEOAmey, (e) Capita, (f) Atos, (g) Mitie, (h) Working Links, (i) A4E, (j) MTC Amey, (k) GEO Group and (l) Carillion in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	205841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>The table sets out the amounts paid to the companies in question by DCMS, which in the relevant years, included the Government Equalities Office (GEO). For prior years the Department does not hold this information. This will be recorded in the accounts of the Home Office, as the GEO used the expertise of the Home Office and Government Procurement Service.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> 2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2013-14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Supplier</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>G4S</strong></p></td><td><p>320.40</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Capita Health Solutions</strong></p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Capita Resourcing Ltd</strong></p></td><td><p>2,859,479.69</p></td><td><p>4,312,004.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Capita Learning &amp; Development</strong></p></td><td><p>16,816.15</p></td><td><p>40,584.36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Capita Bisiness Travel</strong></p></td><td><p>94,356.64</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Capita Symonds</strong></p></td><td><p>66,375.60</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Capita Business Services (interim)</strong></p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>74,679.50</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Atos</strong></p></td><td><p>5,958,713.10</p></td><td><p>4,707,570.47</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mitie Managed Services</strong></p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Carillion Business Services Ltd</strong></p></td><td><p>2,301,879.07</p></td><td><p>656,254.50</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Carillion Business Services Ltd</strong></p></td><td><p>892,106.50</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 03/12/2014 16:07:24 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan