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1140548

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2019
	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 steps he is taking to simplify Government procurement processes to increase access to contracts by small and medium-sized enterprises.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	279433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>We have already made a number of changes to procurement processes to assist small businesses and we continue to focus on breaking down the barriers to entry for SMEs. These include:</p><p>○ Increasing the transparency of opportunities via Contracts Finder, a free-to-use digital platform which covers current and future public sector contracts and award notices above £10,000 in central government and £25,000 in the wider public sector. <br>○ Requiring public buyers to divide contracts into more accessible lots (or explain why not);<br>○ Our Public Procurement Review Service, allows suppliers to report poor procurement practice including payment issues in public sector contracts and through supply chains to the Cabinet Office.</p><p>In September 2019, tough new prompt payment measures come into force which may lead to suppliers being excluded from Government procurements if they cannot demonstrate prompt payment.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 24/07/2019 08:16:19 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1549623

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2022
	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 steps the Government will take to ensure adherence to the Construction Playbook.
	tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
	uin	105335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>To support departments in implementing the Construction Playbook, the Cabinet Office offers in-person training sessions and an eLearning module that covers the key principles. Departments are also able to bid for additional commercial resources to support live procurements. This is targeted, short-term specialist support to upskill teams through ‘on the job experience’ where we work with project teams to ensure they adhere to the playbook principles.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Cabinet Office is also encouraging adherence by working with departments to improve their pipelines, and making use of these to identify early opportunities to offer support in implementation of Playbook principles. This is complemented by work with senior sponsors in each of the key construction departments to identify areas to offer greater support, or to identify challenging areas where more guidance or training is required. Finally, compliance with the Playbook principles is assessed on a ‘comply or explain’ basis as part of the Cabinet Office commercial controls process.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 13/12/2022 11:00:23 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
	tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1271065

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2020
	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 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he plans to take to ensure that all new procurements take account of social value.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	uin	129063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2020 answer text <p>Through our work to extend the use of the Social Value Act we will ensure that all major central government procurements will, where appropriate, explicitly evaluate social value.</p><p>In terms of the Government's approach to procurement during the Covid-19 pandemic, I refer to the answers I gave in Cabinet Office oral questions on 17 December.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 129064 question first answered 17/12/2020 17:27:10 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1271068

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2020
	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 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is Government policy that personal connections may play a formal role in the awarding of contracts during a procurement process.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	uin	129064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2020 answer text <p>Through our work to extend the use of the Social Value Act we will ensure that all major central government procurements will, where appropriate, explicitly evaluate social value.</p><p>In terms of the Government's approach to procurement during the Covid-19 pandemic, I refer to the answers I gave in Cabinet Office oral questions on 17 December.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 129063 question first answered 17/12/2020 17:27:10 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1343005

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2021
	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 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate his Department has made of the proportion of central government procurement that is spent with majority women-led SMEs.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	25827
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2021 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p><br>The government is committed to supporting start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), directly or via the supply chain, through government procurement, including those led by women and minority ethnic groups. Government spending with SMEs is also continuing to rise, with 26.7% of the £58bn spent by the government in 2019/20 going to SMEs.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 25828 question first answered 09/07/2021 11:10:48 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1343006

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2021
	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 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate his Department has made of the proportion of central government procurement that is spent with SMEs led by minority ethnic groups.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	25828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2021 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p><br>The government is committed to supporting start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), directly or via the supply chain, through government procurement, including those led by women and minority ethnic groups. Government spending with SMEs is also continuing to rise, with 26.7% of the £58bn spent by the government in 2019/20 going to SMEs.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 25827 question first answered 09/07/2021 11:10:48 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1421921

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2022
	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 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of Government covid-19 contracts have been awarded without following a competitive tender process since the beginning of March 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	122808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p><br>Details of Government contracts above £10,000 should be published on Contracts Finder: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 21/02/2022 16:44:52 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1282491

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2021
	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 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total sum is that (a) the Government has assessed for claw back following unsatisfactory delivery of covid-19 related contracts, (b) has been instigated and (c) returned to date.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	146861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2021 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 04/02/2021 17:30:17 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1355825

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2021
	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 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the value was of Government procurement from UK businesses registered in each NUTS 1 nation and region in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	50112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2021 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 27/09/2021 16:38:31 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1257859

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2020
	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 what assessment they have made of the extent to which government construction procurers comply with Regulation 113 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 which gives public sector bodies a statutory duty to ensure that 30-day payment clauses are inserted in all sub-contracts and sub-sub-contracts.
	tabling member printed	Lord Aberdare
	uin	HL11013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. Individual contracting authorities are responsible for complying with Regulation 113 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 on relevant procurements. Businesses are encouraged to report instances of late or unfair payment in public sector contracts to the Public Procurement Review Service.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 15/12/2020 17:53:18 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	3898 label Biography information for Lord Aberdare