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1359117

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date	15/10/2021
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 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's timetable is for publishing its response to its consultation on planned reforms to public procurement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	56150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2021 answer text <p>Leaving the EU provides the UK with the opportunity to overhaul the public procurement regulations that govern how contracting authorities spend some £290bn of taxpayer’s money.</p><p>We received over 600 responses as part of the consultation exercise. The process of analysis of these comments is now complete and we are finalising our response to the consultation ahead of publication in the coming weeks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 20/10/2021 10:50:43 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1359644

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Procurement: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government plans publish details of (a) companies that were awarded contracts via the high-priority lane for covid-19 procurement and (b) who referred them.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	57295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2021 answer text <p>Details of Government contracts above £10,000, and £25,000 in the wider public sector, are publicly available and published on Contracts Finder: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a>.</p><p>We plan to publish details of companies that were awarded contracts via the high-priority lane for Covid-19 procurement, and who referred them to the high-priority lane, in due course. This commitment goes above and beyond usual transparency obligations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 20/10/2021 15:44:12 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1359664

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will ask the relevant authorities to undertake detailed audits of the 73 Government covid-19 contracts identified by Transparency International UK as containing corruption red flags.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	56676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2021 answer text <p>Intensive collaboration with the private sector specifically on procurement has been, and continues to be, both necessary and essential for Government to properly manage and handle the Covid-19 crisis. During the most challenging periods, being able to procure at speed was critical in providing that response. Despite that, the Government has always made clear that all contracts, including all those entered into as part of the Government’s Covid-19 response, must achieve value for money for taxpayers and use sound commercial judgement. The details of all awards are published in line with Government transparency guidelines.</p><p>Proper due diligence is carried out for all government contracts and Government takes these checks extremely seriously. Government Departments, as individual contracting authorities, are responsible for ensuring that they have in place robust processes for spending public money fairly and achieving value for money for the taxpayer. This includes ensuring that appropriate levels of due diligence are undertaken on the supplier prior to award of contracts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 20/10/2021 15:45:10 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1359668

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Development and Use of Supply Chain Finance (And Associated Schemes) in Government Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government plans to publish its response to Nigel Boardman's report into the development and use of Supply Chain Finance (and associated schemes) related to Greensill Capital in government.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	56701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable member to Written Statement <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2021-09-16/hcws293" target="_blank">HCWS293</a>.</p><p>The Government notes the work of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs and Treasury Committees, as well as the forthcoming Standards Matter 2 report from the Committee on Standards in Public Life. Once these reports have been published, we will consider their work alongside Mr Boardman’s recommendations, and set out a substantive Government policy statement to Parliament in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 20/10/2021 15:43:11 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden