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1061363

	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	Public Sector: Billing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government who is responsible for auditing the payment performance data published by public authorities as required by sections 113(7) and 113(8) of the Public Service Contracts Regulations 2015; and what processes they use for such audits.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL13743
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 and wider public sector contracts above the value of £25,000 are published on Contracts Finder.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Public procurement regulations do not contain requirements for public bodies to include auditing or whistleblowing policies in the operational delivery and management of public contracts.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Public bodies in scope of these regulations are individually responsible for ensuring the accuracy of their own data prior to publication, and operate their own whistleblowing policies.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government encourages whistleblowers to get independent advice (e.g. from Citizens Advice) to ensure that they are adequately protected.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Public sector suppliers that have not been paid on time can raise the issue with the Public Procurement Review Service.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 20/02/2019 11:32:53 question first ministerially corrected 21/02/2019 14:27:38 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham previous answer version 103260 answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1042099

	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: Contracts
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria will be applied in relation to prompt payments in order to establish a company’s eligibility to be awarded Government contracts, once the prompt payment initiative comes into force.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL12841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>Guidance in Procurement Policy Note 04/18, published in November 2018 sets out how payment approaches can be taken into account in the procurement of central Government contracts (subject to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015) in excess of £5m per annum.</p><p>This policy note can be viewed at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-0418-taking-account-of-a-suppliers-approach-to-payment-in-the-procurement-of-major-contracts.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 22/01/2019 16:00:38 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1042100

	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: Contracts
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the number of Government suppliers that will be prevented from winning future contracts once the prompt payment initiative comes into force.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL12842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The decision to exclude a supplier from the procurement will be for the individual Contracting Authority to decide on a case by case basis depending on how a supplier responds to a range of questions relating to their payment practices and performance. Guidance for departments is set out in Procurement Policy Note 04/18.</p><p>This policy note can be viewed at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-0418-taking-account-of-a-suppliers-approach-to-payment-in-the-procurement-of-major-contracts.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 22/01/2019 15:33:19 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1042102

	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	Public Procurement Review Service
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what evaluation they have undertaken of the Public Procurement Review Service; what the value of unpaid invoices reported to the Service was in 2018; and what proportion of those have now been resolved.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL12843
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>In 2018 overdue payment cases reported to the service totalled £2,333,042.69. The total amount that have been resolved to date is £1,779,237.73. A total of £303,001.18 have subsequently been rejected or collapsed due the cases not being within the scope and remit of the service. Of the cases reported in 2018 a total value of £250,803.78 is outstanding.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 22/01/2019 15:29:21 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1042103

	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	Public Procurement Review Service
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what evaluation they have made of the role of the Public Procurement Review Service in speeding up payments to suppliers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL12844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>Since the start of the Public Procurement Review Service (previously known as the Mystery Shopper Service), 226 late payment cases have been handled by the team. To date, in excess of £5.7m worth of late invoices have been unblocked by the service</p><p>The amount owed to smaller businesses in late payments has more than halved in the past five years, but we want to go further.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 22/01/2019 15:29:00 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1042104

	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	Small Businesses
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the full responsibilities of Small Business Champion ministers; and whether they will publish a list of Small Business Champion ministers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL12845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>SME Ministers act as advocates for small businesses on commercial issues in their department. Working with their Commercial Directors, they will ensure that the agenda has a high profile across their department, review departmental plans, and scrutinise progress.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor for the Duchy of Lancaster chaired a roundtable with these Ministers in Summer 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The current list of Small Business Champion ministers is in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Department</p></td><td><p>Minister</p></td><td><p>Remit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HO</p></td><td><p>Baroness Williams</p></td><td><p>Minister of State for Countering Extremism and Minister for Equalities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MoD</p></td><td><p>Stuart Andrew</p></td><td><p>Minister for Defence Procurement</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DIT</p></td><td><p>Graeme Stuart</p></td><td><p>Minister for Investment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BEIS</p></td><td><p>Kelly Tolhurst</p></td><td><p>Minister for Small Business</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MHCLG</p></td><td><p>Rishi Sunak</p></td><td><p>Minister for Local Government</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DDCMS</p></td><td><p>Lord Ashton</p></td><td><p>Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DfE</p></td><td><p>Lord Agnew</p></td><td><p>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defra</p></td><td><p>George Eustice</p></td><td><p>Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p>Sir Alan Duncan</p></td><td><p>Minister of State for Europe and the Americas at the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DExEU</p></td><td><p>Kwasi Kwarteng</p></td><td><p>Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DFID</p></td><td><p>Lord Bates</p></td><td><p>Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MOJ</p></td><td><p>Rory Stewart</p></td><td><p>Minister of State for Prisons</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DfT</p></td><td><p>Baroness Sugg</p></td><td><p>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMT</p></td><td><p>Robert Jenrick</p></td><td><p>Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMRC</p></td><td><p>Mel Stride</p></td><td><p>Financial Secretary to the Treasury</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DWP</p></td><td><p>Baroness Buscombe</p></td><td><p>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Lords)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NIO</p></td><td><p>John Penrose</p></td><td><p>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Northern Ireland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SO</p></td><td><p>Lord Duncan of Springbank</p></td><td><p>Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Northern Ireland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DHSC</p></td><td><p>Steven Hammond</p></td><td><p>Minister of State for Health</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WO</p></td><td><p>Alun Cairns/Nigel Adams</p></td><td><p>Secretary of State for Wales/Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CO</p></td><td><p>Oliver Dowden</p></td><td><p>Minister for Implementation</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 28/01/2019 14:47:30 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1042105

	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: Small Businesses
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards their target of spending one pound in every three with small and medium-sized enterprises by 2022; and what further action they intend to take to meet their target.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL12846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>In April 2018, the Minister for Implementation announced a package of new measures designed to level the playing field for smaller businesses bidding to win government contracts, including improving transparency to encourage large businesses to employ more SMEs in the supply chain, using Contracts Finder to advertise subcontracting opportunities and excluding suppliers from Government procurements if they cannot demonstrate adherence with prompt payment policy. The Government remains committed to its target of spending one pound in three with SMEs by 2022. Spend with SMEs for the 2017/18 financial year will be published in the near future.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 22/01/2019 15:28:38 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1043764

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Billing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what processes are in place to monitor compliance with regulation 113 paragraphs (7) and (8) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 which require contracting bodies to publish data online regarding their late payment of invoices; and what assessment they have made of compliance with those Regulations by public authorities since 2015.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL12959
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>All public bodies in scope of this regulation are responsible for publishing their own payment performance data. We do not currently hold this information centrally; however the Public Procurement Review Service plans to undertake a series of ‘spot checks’ on a number of public bodies to monitor compliance in coming months.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL12960 question first answered 23/01/2019 11:49:47 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1043765

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Billing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which public authorities have (1) complied, and (2) not complied with regulation 113 paragraphs (7) and (8) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, which require public authorities to publish data online regarding their late payment of invoices.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL12960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>All public bodies in scope of this regulation are responsible for publishing their own payment performance data. We do not currently hold this information centrally; however the Public Procurement Review Service plans to undertake a series of ‘spot checks’ on a number of public bodies to monitor compliance in coming months.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL12959 question first answered 23/01/2019 11:49:47 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1050810

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Billing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 22 January (HL12844), what is the data source for their claim that the amount owed to smaller businesses in late payments has more than halved in the past five years; and what was the amount owed to small businesses in late payments in each of the past five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL13232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The statement in HL12844 was from Kelly Tolhurst MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary for the Department for Business, Enterprise and Industrial Strategy, and can be viewed<br>at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ending-late-payments-to-small-businesses</p><p><br>The overall level of late payment debt owed to small and medium sized businesses is reported by BACS Late Payment Data. In July 2017, this was reported as £14.2bn, more than halving from £30.2bn in 2012.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 05/02/2019 12:37:52 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn