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973344

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Billing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that all Government suppliers are signatories of the Prompt Payment Code.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	174704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>In 2015 the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy strengthened the Prompt Payment Code. The majority of government's 28 strategic suppliers are signatories the Prompt Payment Code, promising to pay suppliers, including small businesses in their supply chain, promptly and fairly. A list of these signed suppliers has been published on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>. Payment practices of those strategic suppliers who are not signatories to the Code, are regularly monitored to ensure that they are in line with the aims of prompt payment policy.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, all public sector buyers must have 30 day payment terms in their contracts and through their supply chains; they must also publish their payment performance bi-annually.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 09/10/2018 11:00:33 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

823517

	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	Public Sector: 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 Agreement on Government Procurement, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of existing devolution arrangements for procurement after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	122987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>The current public procurement rules will continue to apply until the UK has left the EU following the successful conclusion of exit negotiations. The longer-term opportunities for our procurement regulations are being considered carefully.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 19/01/2018 13:33:36 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

984448

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many of the 32 biggest suppliers to the Government have met the commitment to pay 95 percent of invoices within 60 days; and how many such suppliers have met the voluntary agreement to adopt 30 days as the norm.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	177297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>In 2017, the government introduced legislation that requires the UK’s largest businesses to report on a half yearly basis on their payment practices, policies and performance. All information must be published on Gov.uk. This can be viewed at the following link: <a href="https://check-payment-practices.service.gov.uk/search" target="_blank">https://check-payment-practices.service.gov.uk/search</a></p><p> </p><p>Public sector buyers must include 30-day payment terms in new public sector contracts; and require that this payment term be passed down the supply chain.</p><p> </p><p>At the pre-qualification stage of any procurement, it is the responsibility of contracting authorities to ensure that contracts are awarded to appropriate suppliers according to the required payment terms.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 177298 question first answered 15/10/2018 10:49:27 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

984451

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data on payment practices and terms is requested from the 32 largest suppliers to Government before awarding further public sector contracts; and how many contracts have been withheld pending satisfactory evidence from such suppliers.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	177298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>In 2017, the government introduced legislation that requires the UK’s largest businesses to report on a half yearly basis on their payment practices, policies and performance. All information must be published on Gov.uk. This can be viewed at the following link: <a href="https://check-payment-practices.service.gov.uk/search" target="_blank">https://check-payment-practices.service.gov.uk/search</a></p><p> </p><p>Public sector buyers must include 30-day payment terms in new public sector contracts; and require that this payment term be passed down the supply chain.</p><p> </p><p>At the pre-qualification stage of any procurement, it is the responsibility of contracting authorities to ensure that contracts are awarded to appropriate suppliers according to the required payment terms.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 177297 question first answered 15/10/2018 10:49:27 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

984447

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made on ensuring that all Government suppliers are signatories of the Prompt Payment Code.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	177296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>In 2015 the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) strengthened the Prompt Payment Code.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of government’s strategic suppliers are signatories to the Code and payment practices of government’s largest suppliers are regularly monitored to ensure that they are in line with the aims of prompt payment policy. While the Prompt Payment Code is voluntary, any new strategic supplier to Government is encouraged to sign up.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, BEIS have recently launched a call for evidence seeking views and experiences on the impact of late and unfair payment practices. This closes on 29 November and a link to this is below:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/creating-a-responsible-payment-culture-a-call-for-evidence-on-tackling-late-payment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 15/10/2018 10:51:34 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

972357

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the UK has excluded a company from public procurement for reasons of corruption.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	174041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>Exclusion decisions in public procurement are taken by individual contracting authorities and government does not hold this data centrally.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 09/10/2018 11:01:44 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

837930

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	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 5 February 2018 to Question 126043 on Government Departments: Procurement, how many and what proportion of major government suppliers have been in compliance with the prompt payment code in each month since that code was introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	126960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>This information is not currently held centrally.</p><p>BEIS have recently introduced a payment reporting system, which requires large businesses to report on their UK payment practices and performance. Businesses must report 6 monthly on their payment performance starting with their first full financial year that starts on or after 6 April 2017:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-payment-practices-and-performance-reporting-requirements" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-payment-practices-and-performance-reporting-requirements</a></p><p>This system is in its early stages and not all businesses have yet submitted reports. However, we believe this change will put more pressure on UK businesses to improve their payment culture.</p><p>We intend to take further steps to improve payment practices in government supply chains and we will be bringing forward proposals shortly.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 29/03/2018 10:09:08 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

830264

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2018 to Question 122920, when he plans to announce the new list of Government strategic suppliers.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	124925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The list of Governmen strategic suppliers can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/content/crownrepresentatives" target="_blank">http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/content/crownrepresentatives</a></p><p> </p><p>This list is updated periodically.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 29/01/2018 17:04:43 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

972356

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2018
	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, if he will make it his policy to require bidders to declare (a) convictions under Section 7 of the Bribery Act 2010 and (b) similar additional information in pre-contract questionnaires.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	174040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide an exhaustive list of the grounds on which a bidder must or can be excluded from a procurement procedure, which are derived from the EU Procurement Directives.</p><p> </p><p>The grounds on which a bidder can be excluded on a discretionary basis include where the bidder is guilty of grave professional misconduct, which renders its integrity questionable.</p><p> </p><p>Where a bidder has committed serious offences, such as an offence under Section 7 of the Bribery Act 2010, this may give rise to grounds for exclusion. The particular circumstances would be considered on a case by case basis by the relevant procuring authority, including any evidence of self-cleaning put forward by the bidder.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 09/10/2018 11:01:19 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

834424

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	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 assessment he has made on the level of compliance with the prompt payment code of major government suppliers.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	126043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The Prompt Payment Code is monitored by the Prompt Payment Code Compliance Board, under the auspices of the Chartered Institute of Credit Management.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 05/02/2018 14:51:59 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson