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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

792811

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2017
	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 importance he places on Government departments prioritising spending on small and medium-sized enterprises; and what the reasons are for that policy.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	114738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>We recognise the vital role that small and medium-sized businesses have to play in helping us to achieve the best possible value for money when we buy goods and services.</p><p>Consequently, we are committed to removing all possible barriers to small businesses in this Government’s commercial arrangements, and we have set ourselves a challenging target of 33% of central government procurement spend going to small and medium businesses by 2022.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/11/2017 14:23:08 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

823660

	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	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 liquidation of Carillion, whether any services provided by the other 29 strategic suppliers to Government are similarly exposed.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	123115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>We monitor the financial health of all of our strategic suppliers. We are in regular discussions with all these companies regarding their financial position. At this time we do not believe that any of our major suppliers are in a comparable position to Carillion.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 19/01/2018 14:31:52 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1111146

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	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 effect of the new Outsourcing Playbook on the quality Government outsourcing decisions; and will he make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	243500
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>We launched the Outsourcing Playbook in February 2019 and introduced a package of<br>reforms to our approach to outsourcing designed to improve public service outcomes, value<br>for money and how we work in partnership with our suppliers</p><p>Measures include:<br>Guidance for departments to help assess whether services should be delivered, in-house by<br>the public sector or outsourced. This should support more informed decisions on when it is<br>best to deliver public services ourselves and when there is benefit to drawing on the capacity<br>and expertise of the private sector;<br>Introduction of a new presumption in favour of running a pilot where government is<br>outsourcing a service so we learn lessons before contracting for the long term; and<br>A new requirement for government to produce an assessment of how much a service<br>‘should cost’ to deliver when deciding whether to utilise the private sector. This helps to<br>provide a better understanding of the costs associated with the different service delivery<br>models so that we are in a better position to challenge unsustainable bids</p><p>We have put in place an implementation programme to ensure that our departments are<br>aware of these new requirements. Compliance with these reforms will be ensured through<br>the usual Cabinet Office controls process.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 23/04/2019 15:46:42 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

851600

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2018 to Question 128095, on Government Departments: Procurement, whether any payment was made to that third party.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	130363
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>We have no record of any payment being made to the third party whose services were available for departments to use in assessing contract portfolios.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/03/2018 11:55:14 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

867052

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2018
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the success rates of the Gov.uk contracts finder.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	133170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>We have increased the transparency of public procurement opportunities via the Contracts Finder website, which is free to use and 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.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 26/03/2018 11:41:51 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

818691

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contingency plans his Department has prepared in case of the folding of (a) Carillion and (b) any other strategic supplier.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	121455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>We have in place a number of arrangements to ensure the effective management of government's strategic suppliers. These arrangements include working with departments to develop robust contingency plans that enable us to respond to whatever operational issues may arise.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/01/2018 11:16:35 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

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

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

843916

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department takes to assess potential conflicts of interest between suppliers in government procurement.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	128031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>We expect suppliers to mitigate appropriately against any real or perceived conflict of interest through their work with government. A supplier with a position of influence gained through a contract should not use that position to unfairly disadvantage any other supplier or reduce the potential for future competition, for example by creating a technical solution that locks in the supplier’s own goods or services.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 26/02/2018 17:07:18 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett