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1064713

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many suppliers have been excluded from bidding for contracts as a result of not complying with the criteria set out in the guidance entitled, Procurement policy note 03/14: promoting tax compliance, in each year since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	224367
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/02/2019 15:01:21 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1064009

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the guidance entitled, Procurement policy note 03/14: promoting tax compliance, how many suppliers were allocated contracts as a result of complying with (a) one and (b) more than one of the mitigating circumstances after failing the tax compliance questions.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	223207
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 26/02/2019 12:11:10 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1064045

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the guidance entitled, Procurement policy note 03/14: promoting tax compliance, what procedures are in place to ensure that Government Departments are tax compliant in foreign jurisdictions.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	223243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The regulations set out in “Procurement policy note 03/14: promoting tax compliance” do not place government departments under tax obligations in foreign jurisdictions.</p><p> </p><p>The 2015 Public Contract Regulations provide public bodies with the powers to exclude suppliers from a procurement where the supplier has been found guilty of breaching its obligations in relation to payment of taxes, and this has been established by a judicial or administrative decision having final effect within the relevant jurisdiction.</p><p> </p><p>Any suppliers with tax obligations in foreign jurisdictions are required to certify that they have not been found guilty of breaching those obligations.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 25/02/2019 17:24:05 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1061231

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many suppliers have been excluded from bidding for contracts due to their not meeting the criteria specified in Procurement Policy Note 03/14 in each Department in each year since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	221839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 19/02/2019 17:35:20 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1052212

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the estimated increase is in the total cost of projects in the Government Major Projects Portfolio that is attributed to pressures on Departments from preparations for the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	215094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold this information centrally.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 05/02/2019 16:48:46 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1041676

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the due diligence undertaken by the Government in advance of awarding public contracts to private sector providers as a result of the collapse of Carillion.
	tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
	uin	208900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>Contracts are never awarded lightly: each has an agreed and robust process. Government has always been compliant with public procurement regulations and follows these diligently when assessing the suitability of suppliers to deliver a particular contract.</p><p>As noted by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster’s speeches in June and November 2018, the Cabinet Office is currently taking forward a package of reforms to Government outsourcing policy. This includes creating a ‘playbook’ of guidelines, rules and processes for departments to follow when they outsource.</p><p>We are also reviewing how we assess suppliers’ financial health and what financial information we should seek during the procurement process. This will enable the Government to assess the level of risk that should be accepted, the extent to which we rely on historical financial information as an indicator of future financial health, and whether it is appropriate to seek and rely on forecast information. We will be issuing new guidance for departments on assessing the financial and economic standing of bidders in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 22/01/2019 11:32:03 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

1041343

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which government strategic suppliers have provided living wills.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	208200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>Serco, Capita, Sopra Steria, Engie and Interserve have all volunteered to pilot the use of “living wills”.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 17/01/2019 15:14:17 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1038026

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants were working on projects in the Major Projects Portfolio in (a) June 2016 and (b) December 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	206251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) comprises the most complex and strategically significant projects and programmes across government. The Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) supports the successful delivery of these projects through direct support, independent assurance reviews and by leading the project delivery profession across government.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">In line with the Government's major projects transparency policy, decisions on the release of data</ins> <del class="ministerial">Data</del> on the number of civil servants working on GMPP projects in individual government departments is <ins class="ministerial">a matter for them</ins> <del class="ministerial">not held centrally</del>. However, the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) staff working at the IPA from 2016/17 is below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of FTE</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>177</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/01/2019 11:37:27 question first ministerially corrected 22/01/2019 17:31:26 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden previous answer version 94686 answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1005587

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to encourage more (1) social enterprises, (2) charities, (3) mutuals, and (4) co-operatives to apply for and win government contracts; and what consideration they have given to strengthening the provisions of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bird
	uin	HL11358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>With the Cabinet Office, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is currently implementing a package of measures for the future of social value and procurement. This includes training for government commercial staff and will help unlock more opportunities for voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations. This work is part of government's long term ambition to grow social value commissioning and strengthen the Social Value Act as set out in the Civil Society Strategy.</p><p>Officials are working with Claire Dove, VCSE Crown Representative to ensure that VCSE’s have a powerful voice in both commissioner and supplier communities.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 26/11/2018 12:10:22 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

997089

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to commission a review into the benefit of adopting the recommendations on government procurement made in The Efficiency Review by Sir Philip Green, published in 2010.
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	uin	HL11093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>We have implemented the key recommendations on public sector procurement made by the Efficiency Review in 2010. There are no current plans to review these recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>However, best practice guidance for public sector procurement is regularly published as procurement policy notes on GOV.UK at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/procurement-policy-notes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/procurement-policy-notes</a></p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 06/11/2018 17:04:55 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners