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224659

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the amount (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on procurement was paid to small and medium-sized enterprises (i) directly and (ii) through the supply chain in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	226054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government has overhauled public procurement to open it up to businesses of all sizes.<br><br>On 25 February 2015, we announced that central government spent an unprecedented £11.4 billion with small and medium sized enterprises in 2013-14, a record 26.1% of direct and indirect spend. This meets our aspiration, set in 2010, of 25% of government procurement spend by the end of this Parliament. <br><br>My Department's figure is 29.5% - above the Government's goal.<br><br>The data on central government spend in 2013-14 is available on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/central-government-spend-with-smes-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/central-government-spend-with-smes-2013-to-2014<br><br></a></p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 11/03/2015 15:21:07 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

222455

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total value of contracts his Department has with private sector providers was in each of the last five years for which records are available.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	224654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>We have interpreted the question about the value of contracts to mean spend against those contracts by the Department with private sector providers in the each of the last five financial years.</p><p> </p><p>For 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12, we do not hold the information split by private and public sectors.</p><p> </p><p>For the remaining financial years, spend with private sector providers were £131 million in 2012-13 and £134 million in 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p>Spending with our third party suppliers (private and public sectors) has reduced by 53% from £314 million in 2009-10 to £148 million in 2013-14 for the core DCLG Department, delivering a significant saving for taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 27/02/2015 14:06:55 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

156189

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether any (a) external contractors and (b) consultancy companies engaged by his Department have charged more than the initial price agreed for their services since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	214980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department's embedded processes, including three-way invoice matching via DCLG finance systems, prevent contractors being paid in excess of agreed contracted amounts for goods and services. Any payment made as a result of contract variation or permitted extension would be for additional or revised work only and still subject to full supporting contractual documentation.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 25/11/2014 15:49:11 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

147452

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many contracts signed by his Department with suppliers of services or consultants include a clause providing that if the contract is abrogated by the Government, the provider or consultant will be compensated for lost income since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
uin	214002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>There have been no contracts signed by my Department since 2010 which have been cancelled with such a clause attached to the contract.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 20/11/2014 16:06:03 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

77882

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department paid to (a) G4S, (b) Serco, (c) Sodexo, (d) GEOAmey, (e) Capita, (f) Atos, (g) Mitie, (h) Working Links, (i) A4E, (j) MTC Amey, (k) GEO Group and (l) Carillion in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	205850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As part of my Department’s transparency programme, any spend over £250.00 is available on the Department’s website. Since January 2011, all contracts over £10,000 in value are published on Contracts Finder (<a href="https://connect.gps.gsi.gov.uk/owa/,DanaInfo=livs02.ogcbs.intranet,SSL+redir.aspx?C=69a2be988b35444e93da5e8e712195a1&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.contractsfinder.co.uk%2f" target="_blank">http://www.contractsfinder.co.uk/</a>).</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 22/07/2014 15:55:51 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

77048

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many contracts (a) let since 2010 and (b) about to be let by his Department and its agencies are worth (i) between £1 million and £3 million and (ii) over £3 million; how much has been spent on monitoring each contract let by his Department since 2010; and how many officials in his Department monitor each contract let since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	205197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/08/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The table below sets out the number of contracts that has been let by the core department since 2009-10, as shown on our procurement and financial systems.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>No of contracts</p></td><td><p>Contract value between £1 million and £3 million</p></td><td><p>Contract value over £3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For contracts that are about to be let there are none within the values requested. We have not included those contracts that are about to be extended nor those about to be let through a framework agreement as we do not yet know the value of the framework contract.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information relating to the expenditure and the number of officials involved in monitoring contracts is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 21/08/2014 12:13:14 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

76705

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	204890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DCLG purchases a wide range of goods and services from outside suppliers. The information requested for the last five years is not centrally held in the form requested and would incur disproportionate cost to provide. However, details of all spending over £250 are available on my Department’s website as part of our transparency data.</p><p> </p><p>I would add that we have recently adopted a shared services model with other departments, with our legal function being undertaken by Treasury Solicitors and our procurement being undertaken by the Crown Commercial Service. There is significant scope for further sharing of services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 22/07/2014 15:32:59 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan