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date	08/04/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector
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 relative merits of public services being run directly by public service operations in comparison to private contractors.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL15116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>Outsourcing is an important component in a “mixed economy” of government service provision which includes in-house and the voluntary sector. Research commissioned by the previous government has shown that outsourcing can deliver savings of some twenty to thirty percent.</p><p>Decisions on whether to outsource any particular service are made on a case by case basis according to Treasury guidance and the newly published Outsourcing Playbook. This guidance aims to ensure government makes well evidenced assessments when deciding whether to outsource a public service and helps government and industry work better together to deliver high quality public services.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 23/04/2019 08:50:42 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

827895

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ethnic Groups: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action plans are in place to address the inequality deficiencies identified in the Race Disparity Audit; and what arrangements are in place to review and monitor developments and progress.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL4945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government has made a commitment to explain or change key ethnic disparities highlighted by the Race Disparity Audit in the <em>Ethnicity facts and figures</em> website.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has launched an initial programme of work to tackle some of the disparities highlighted, including targeted action in employment areas, a review of school exclusions and a commitment to take forward a number of recommendations in the recent Lammy Review of the criminal justice system.</p><p> </p><p>Detailed analytical work and engagement with external partners is underway across Departments to bring forward further data driven policies to tackle disparities highlighted by the Audit and will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Race Disparity Unit in the Cabinet Office is responsible for coordinating and monitoring the progress of the Government’s response to the Audit overseen by the Cabinet Office and the Race Disparity Inter-Ministerial Group.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 05/02/2018 16:14:35 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

731061

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether the proposed public inquiry into the Grenfell House fire will consider the effects and impact of the deregulation of the building industry during the last decade.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL69
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the Prime Minister's written Ministerial statement of 29 June 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 04/07/2017 11:03:32 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley