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1665323

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: 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 contracts agreed by his Department with (a) Alma Economics on 27 September 2023, procurement reference CCZZ23A21, and (b) Russell Reynolds Associates Ltd on 13 October 2023, procurement reference CCZX23A03, if he will publish the Schedule 20 annexes specifying the services to be delivered under each of those contracts.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	202941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>In response to the detail requested relating to procurement reference CCZZ23A21 and CCZX23A03, and under section 43 of the FOIA, this information will not be disclosed as it is deemed commercially sensitive at this time. We have taken this approach as disclosing such information may undermine businesses' trust in us as a commercial partner.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 20/10/2023 13:05:15 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1605734

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many suppliers their Department excluded from procurement on the grounds of (a) fraud, (b) corruption and (c) other grounds under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 from 2015 to 2022.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	169507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. To obtain the information a manual search through individual records would be required as this is not recorded centrally on departmental systems.</p><p>The grounds for the exclusion of bidders from public procurement procedures are set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. These rules set out the circumstances in which bidders must, or may, be excluded from a public procurement process.</p><p>The Procurement Bill brought forward by this Conservative Government, currently being considered by Parliament, expands the scope of misconduct which can lead to exclusion. We are also increasing the time period within which misconduct can lead to exclusion from 3 years to 5; bringing subsidiary companies into scope of exclusion; and making the rules clearer so that contracting authorities can undertake exclusions with more confidence</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 23/03/2023 17:33:11 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1601191

registered interest
date	03/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many suppliers the Department excluded from procurement on the grounds of (a) fraud, (b) corruption and (c) any other grounds under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 between 2015 and 2022.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	157643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. To obtain the information a manual search through individual records would be required as this is not recorded centrally on departmental systems.</p><p>The grounds for the exclusion of bidders from public procurement procedures are set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. These rules set out the circumstances in which bidders must, or may, be excluded from a public procurement process.</p><p>The Procurement Bill brought forward by this Conservative Government, currently being considered by Parliament, expands the scope of misconduct which can lead to exclusion. We are also increasing the time period within which misconduct can lead to exclusion from 3 years to 5; bringing subsidiary companies into scope of exclusion; and making the rules clearer so that contracting authorities can undertake exclusions with more confidence</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 24/03/2023 14:54:55 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart previous answer version 60662 answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1552643

registered interest
date	16/12/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Department’s publication of spend control approvals data for July to September 2022, where the taxi ranks building work approved for procurement on 13 July 2022 will take place; and what the purpose of that work will be.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	112073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2023 answer text <p>The work approved on 13 July refers to the Building Works and Projects, which will be used for the provision of building works to support a greater focus on Life Cycle Replacement (LCR) and Net Carbon Zero (NCZ) projects throughout the Government Property Agency (GPA)’s office estate in England. The term ‘taxi rank’ is used to refer to the manner in which small contracts are awarded which reflects a ‘next in line’ process.</p><p>The activity approved for procurement on 15 July is for the provision of hard and soft facilities management for the GPA Estate where needed. These procurements are to appoint suppliers from multiple lots, resulting in six regionally structured contracts for the provision of these services.</p><p>The activity approved for procurement on 22 July is for a company to provide a management service for our facilities management supply chain. This centralised performance management function will manage the flow of data and the performance of the supply chain on behalf of the GPA.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 112074 question first answered 06/01/2023 16:21:56 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1552644

registered interest
date	16/12/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Department’s publication of spend control approvals data for July to September 2022, what the nature and purpose are of the activity approved for procurement in relation to (a) workplace facilities on 15 July 2022 and (b) workplace performance on 22 July 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	112074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2023 answer text <p>The work approved on 13 July refers to the Building Works and Projects, which will be used for the provision of building works to support a greater focus on Life Cycle Replacement (LCR) and Net Carbon Zero (NCZ) projects throughout the Government Property Agency (GPA)’s office estate in England. The term ‘taxi rank’ is used to refer to the manner in which small contracts are awarded which reflects a ‘next in line’ process.</p><p>The activity approved for procurement on 15 July is for the provision of hard and soft facilities management for the GPA Estate where needed. These procurements are to appoint suppliers from multiple lots, resulting in six regionally structured contracts for the provision of these services.</p><p>The activity approved for procurement on 22 July is for a company to provide a management service for our facilities management supply chain. This centralised performance management function will manage the flow of data and the performance of the supply chain on behalf of the GPA.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 112073 question first answered 06/01/2023 16:21:56 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1486135

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what products were purchased by his Department from (a) B-Loony Ltd on 3 May 2022 for a cost of £1,188.00, (b) Workwear Express Ltd on 19 April 2022 for a cost of £1,485, (c) Total Merchandise Ltd on 8 April 2022 for a cost of £2,314.67 and (d) One Stop Badges Ltd on 8 and 15 March 2022 for a combined cost of £3,252.00.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	29975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>Purchases questioned were made using the Department’s Electronic Purchasing Card Solution (ePCS), which is our preferred method for low value expenditure.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The requested items were purchased for:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ol><li><p>Branded sashes for staff delivering Civil Service Live.</p></li><li><p>Branded workwear to aid the ready identification of secretariat staff during emergency responses and exercises.</p></li><li><p>Merchandise for distribution to members of the Government Geography Profession,</p></li><li><p>Branded badges for staff delivering COP26.</p></li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Somerset answering member printed Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg question first answered 12/07/2022 16:42:52 answering member 4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1420096

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: 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, whether his Department has amended its outsourcing policies in response to the decision in Mr D Antwi and others v The Royal Parks Ltd: 2202211/2020 and others.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	119638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2022 answer text <p>When conducting their procurement activities, central Government departments and their agencies must ensure that they meet their legal obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and its associated Public Sector Equality Duty in a way that is consistent with the Government’s value for money policy and relevant public procurement law.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The public procurement rules allow for equality-related issues to be taken into account in the procurement process where they are relevant to the subject matter, or relate to the performance, of the contract.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 01/13 was published to remind departments of their legal obligations under the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED), when conducting their public procurement activities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 15/02/2022 17:01:35 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1271013

registered interest
date	14/12/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: 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 effectiveness of their outsourcing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL11435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/12/2020 answer text <p>Working effectively with the private sector is a vital part of our response to tackling the covid-19 crisis, allowing us to procure quickly and innovatively and to obtain specialist solutions to the myriad challenges that are facing us. The private sector is responsible for the miracle of vaccines being available in record time.</p><p>We have always made it clear that contracting authorities must use good commercial judgment and continue to achieve value for money for taxpayers, and we have engaged in both internal and external audit to satisfy ourselves that that has been the case.</p><p>Through “The Outsourcing Playbook” we are also improving the decision making and quality of contracts that the Government place with industry, and we are building our internal civil service capability, as we believe it is important that we invest in our in-house capacity and expertise so that we rely less on external consultants and contractors</p><p>We recognise the important role that Government suppliers have played supporting the Government’s Covid-19 efforts in addition to delivering on their existing public sector contracts.The safety of all staff is paramount, and all suppliers must adhere to Health and Safety legislation, as well as specific departmental policy when staff are working at Government sites.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True grouped question UIN HL11434 HL11436 question first answered 30/12/2020 15:50:51 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1139267

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of goods procured by the Government were manufactured in the UK in the last 12 months for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	277652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold this information centrally.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 22/07/2019 11:03:14 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead