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	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Carillion: Insolvency
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the speech given by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster at the Business Services Association Annual Chairman’s Dinner on 19 November, what "key information’ would have "smoothed the management of liquidation" following the collapse of Carillion.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL11665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government maintained the continuity of key public services after Carillion announced its decision to initiate insolvency proceedings in January 2018. The Official Receiver was appointed by the court as liquidator, along with PwC as Special Managers.</p><p>The Government took immediate action to minimise the impact on employees and employers by providing reassurance that those working on public sector contracts would continue to be paid and providing the necessary funding required to maintain public services while Carillion’s public sector contracts were transferred to alternative providers.</p><p>In future we will require, all providers of critical services to provide sufficient management information, for example, corporate structure, intra-group trading arrangements and dependencies (including details of shared services), key subcontractor and workforce information.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 04/12/2018 14:50:29 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

823984

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Carillion: Insolvency
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when Ministers first met with representatives of Carillion to discuss the implications of that company's financial position.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
	uin	HL4733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>Departmental officials meet strategic suppliers to Government on a regular and ongoing basis. In respect of ministerial meetings, in October 2017 the then Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice met representatives of Carillion to discuss justice-related contracts during which the company’s financial position was discussed among other issues.</p><p>As a routine, departments publish quarterly details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations on GOV.UK, including those with representatives from companies such as Carillion. Cabinet Office returns can be viewed using the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications</a></p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 27/02/2018 17:59:33 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

823985

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Carillion: Insolvency
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they commissioned impact assessments of the failure of Carillion; and if so, at what stage.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
	uin	HL4734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>Our priority is to keep public services running. We have extensive contingency plans and are working hard to minimise any disruption.</p><p>We have worked closely across government with all affected departments and stakeholders to develop robust contingency plans that enable us to maintain the continuity and mitigate impacts to public services where possible.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 25/01/2018 16:09:49 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

824015

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Carillion: Insolvency
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their definition of the term “public sector contracts” which they are using in connection with employees of Carillion; and whether that definition includes (1) Private Finance Initiative contracts, (2) other types of public-private partnerships, and (3) work for non-departmental public bodies.
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	uin	HL4760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The relevant Carillion contracts are those drawn up under the Public Contracts regulations 2015. These are set out in the Regulations to ensure consistency of understanding and interpretation and be found at: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/contents/made" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/contents/made</a></p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 29/01/2018 17:26:15 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name Public procurement contracts regulations 2015 .pdf title Public procurement contracts regulations 2015
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

825302

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Carillion: Insolvency
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they (1) have paid, and (2) are due to pay, PwC in connection with PwC advising HM Government on the consequences of the failure of Carillion.
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	uin	HL4835
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>In line with all central Government contracts, details of the work PwC are undertaking will be made available on Contracts Finder in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 31/01/2018 17:47:07 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

825304

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Carillion: Insolvency
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to commission an independent review into the granting of government contracts to Carillion after that company declared itself to be in financial difficulty; what assessment they have made of the sufficiency of the attention given to the solvency and liquidity of the company before granting those contracts; and what consideration was given to rules relating to state aid relating to the grant of those contracts.
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	uin	HL4837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>Following the news of the collapse of Carillion, the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee launched an inquiry into how the Government and public sector manages the risks of outsourcing the delivery of public services. The government will fully cooperate with this Inquiry.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 25/01/2018 16:12:44 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

829049

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Carillion: Insolvency
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer given by Lord Young of Cookham on 15 January (HL Deb, col 471), which department or government body was responsible for assessing the financial stability of Carillion; and whether the assessment took into consideration the substantial goodwill element within that company's asset base.
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	uin	HL5029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of individual Contracting Authorities to assess the financial stability of potential suppliers as part of normal procurement activity.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 06/02/2018 14:53:43 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

829053

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Carillion: Insolvency
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 15 January (HL Deb, col 471), whether the joint and several liability that applies to all parties to the six joint venture contracts they let to groups in which Carillion was a shareholder will transition all of Carillion's obligations and liabilities to other joint venture partners without further cost or negative consequence; whether the stress testing of financial capacity of contractors to take on additional government work included an assessment of joint and several underwriting; and whether Carillion was judged capable of taking on the obligations of its joint venture partners if they failed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	uin	HL5032
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>Our Priority is the continuity of public services.</p><p> </p><p>Contractually, the partners to those Joint Ventures are required to deliver the requirements of the Joint Venture if one of the partners fails.</p><p> </p><p>We routinely stress-test contracts to ensure that if one party within a contract fails to deliver, the other parties involved will step in to complete the work. Individual contracts for these Joint Ventures are not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 06/02/2018 14:54:24 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

830526

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Carillion: Insolvency
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they received any forewarnings of financial difficulties at Carillion PLC.
	tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
	uin	HL5126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government constantly monitors the health of all of its strategic suppliers and reviews its contingency plans as necessary. Carillion publicly issued profit warnings on three occasions.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 20/02/2018 14:12:12 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

831205

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Carillion: Insolvency
	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 25 January (HL4735), which Carillion contracts have had work suspended while an alternative provider contractor is found.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
	uin	HL5130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The Official Receiver is conducting an orderly liquidation of the company. Our priority is the continuity of public services. Of the private sector service contracts, 90% of these services customers have indicated that they want Carillion to continue providing services in the interim until new suppliers can be found and will provide funding which enables the Official Receiver to retain the employees working on those contracts.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 08/02/2018 17:07:24 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton