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1087545

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date	12/03/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure the principles of the Social Value Act 2012 are being properly embedded in all public procurement processes and contracts.
tabling member printed	Baroness McGregor-Smith
uin	HL14466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to using the strength of the Government’s £49bn annual purchasing power to drive social change.</p><p>We are extending the requirements of the 2012 Social Value Act to ensure all major central Government procurements explicitly evaluate social value where appropriate, rather than just ‘consider’ it. This will provide a standard framework for key social outcomes and measures to be evaluated in tenders.</p><p>Additionally, we will also require all departments to report on the social impact of major new procurements, and we will train all 4,000 commercial buyers to take account of social value and procure successfully from social enterprises.</p><p>Furthermore, the Minister for Implementation announced a consultation at the Social Value Summit on 11th March on how government should take account of social value in the award of central government contracts, which closes on 10th June.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 15/03/2019 14:08:20 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4554 label Biography information for Baroness McGregor-Smith

1017075

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Draft Political Declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the UK and the EU, what consultation was undertaken with the devolved governments of Wales and Scotland in relation to the statement on multiple opportunities in public procurement markets.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL11920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>Cabinet Office officials regularly engage with the devolved administrations on Brexit-related issues at fortnightly ‘operational readiness’ meetings. In addition roundtable discussions and teleconferences alongside other Government Departments have been held at various dates throughout 2018 with Devolved Authorities officials as required.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 10/12/2018 18:00:06 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

967546

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that they meet their target of awarding small and medium-sized enterprises 33 per cent of public works contracts by 2022.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL10029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting small businesses and we continue to aspire to 33% of Government procurement spend on goods, services and works goes to SMEs by 2022.</p><p> </p><p>In April the government announced a number of measures to help achieve this, including:</p><p> </p><p>· Requiring greater transparency by prime contractors to increase SMEs visibility in the supply chain;</p><p>· Improving the visibility of supply chain opportunities to SMEs; and</p><p>· Consulting on how to improve prompt payment to SMEs in the supply chain.</p><p> </p><p>We have already streamlined our procurement processes to assist small businesses, and we continue to focus on breaking down the barriers that might deter SMEs from bidding for Government contracts.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 18/09/2018 13:28:40 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

947133

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Tenders Electronic Daily only contains public sector tenders from within the EU; and if so, on what website or websites UK public sector tenders will be published after Brexit; and from what date will this take effect.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL9823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2018 answer text <p>The awarding authorities that are eligible to publish notices on Tenders Electronic Daily can be found at the following link: <a href="https://simap.ted.europa.eu/european-public-procurement" target="_blank">https://simap.ted.europa.eu/european-public-procurement</a></p><p> </p><p>The future options for our procurement policies are being considered very carefully, but until that process is complete it would be premature to comment on the publication of UK tenders once we leave the European Union.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 06/08/2018 12:12:53 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name Government Response to PACAC.pdf title Government Response to PACAC
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

938800

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what efforts they are making to ensure that their public procurement policies do not involve supply chains in which slave labour is used.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL9416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling modern slavery in both private and public sector supply chains. Since 1 October 2015, commercial organisations which have an annual turnover of £36 million or more have been required, under Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, to prepare a slavery and human trafficking statement for each financial year. The statement must set out the steps taken to ensure slavery and human trafficking is not taking place within its own business or supply chains.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has published a Supplier Code of Conduct to make clear the standards and behaviours that are expected of our suppliers when they work with government and we will now develop proposals for the government’s biggest suppliers to publish data and provide action plans for how they plan to address key social issues, including the scourge of modern slavery.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In addition, the Government’s Standard Selection Questionnaire includes Mandatory Exclusion Grounds if an organisation or an associated individual has been convicted of child labour and other forms of trafficking in human beings, within the last 5 years.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Home Office and the Crown Commercial Service will be developing further guidance to support contracting authorities to identify, and mitigate against, modern slavery risks in supply chains.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 19/07/2018 10:13:39 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

938103

registered interest
date	10/07/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to re-evaluate their outsourcing process when awarding public sector contracts.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL9404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government uses the Green Book to inform transparent, objective and evidence-based sourcing decisions. The framework set out in the Green Book ensures that the policy can be achieved in strategic, commercial, financial and economic terms.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><p>The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster recently announced changes to public sector outsourcing and new ways in which public services can be contracted and delivered in his speech to Reform on 25 June 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 18/07/2018 11:04:35 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

830512

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	Public Sector: Procurement
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 EU Commission Notice issued on 10 January stating that EU public procurement rules will cease to apply to the UK from 30 March 2019.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Kinnoull
uin	HL5116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The December guidelines published by the European Council point to the shared desire of the EU and the UK to make rapid progress on an implementation period, with formal talks beginning very soon. We have been clear that this should be based on the existing structure of EU rules and regulations, during which the UK and the EU would continue to have access to one another’s markets on current terms.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 08/02/2018 17:02:26 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4354 label Biography information for The Earl of Kinnoull

827871

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	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the European Commission concerning its Note to Stakeholders of 18 January on Withdrawal of the UK and EU rules in the field of Public Procurement; and what discussions they are having with UK businesses in the light of this.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL4921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The December guidelines published by the European Council point to the shared desire of the EU and the UK to make rapid progress on an implementation period, with formal talks beginning very soon. We have been clear that this should be based on the existing structure of EU rules and regulations, during which the UK and the EU would continue to have access to one another’s markets on current terms.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 06/02/2018 14:55:04 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town