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809682

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date	19/12/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timeline for introducing the balanced scorecard approach to public procurement decisions for food and catering services is.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	120302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>The use of the Balanced Scorecard approach becomes mandatory for all central government departments and their agencies as existing contracts are renewed. This has now been enshrined in the updated Crown Commercial Service Facilities Management (FM) Framework which becomes effective early in 2018. The FM Framework is updated every 4 years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/12/2017 12:29:53 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

809683

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support (a) SME’s and (b) British farmers through public procurement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	120303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government has a manifesto commitment to ensure that a third of goods and services procured by departments are supplied by Small and Medium Enterprises (SME). We are delivering this in respect of food and catering services through the Plan for Public Procurement: Food and Catering Services, published in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The Plan simplifies the public procurement process and opens up the market to more SMEs and local producers by providing a level playing field on which UK producers can compete. It provides tools, including the Balanced Scorecard (BSC), to help contracting parties to balance a range of criteria beneficial to the consumer, the environment, and to producers. These include embedding UK production standards, encouraging seasonality of fresh produce and calling for menus which celebrate the provenance of the food.</p><p> </p><p>One of the BSC tools, the online market place, was launched on 11 October 2017 and will be used by businesses to showcase their products and services to procurers and to the rest of the supply chain.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/12/2017 12:29:59 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

809684

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether public procurement processes require caterers to meet the needs of those whose diets are (a) vegetarian (b) vegan and (c) gluten free.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	120304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>The Plan for Public Procurement through the Balanced Scorecard helps contracting parties to balance a range of criteria including provenance, seasonality, production standards, and cost. The Plan does not mandate any specific diets, but has the flexibility to allow contracting parties to cater for any type of diet.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/12/2017 12:33:22 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

809686

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to include the Eatwell Guide into Government buying standards on the public procurement of food and drink.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	120306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The Eatwell Plate (the forerunner of the Eatwell Guide) is referenced under the detailed Health and Wellbeing criteria (Section 2.1) of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) tool in the Plan for Public Procurement of Food and Catering Service 2014.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/01/2018 13:29:39 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

759470

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to change regulations to enable local authorities or central government to stipulate that food and drink that is procured centrally must be of local country or UK origin after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	9924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>The <em>Plan for Public Procurement: Food and Catering Services</em> which was published in 2014 already provides UK food businesses with greater access to central government and wider public sector contracts.</p><p>The Plan aims to simplify the public procurement process and open up the market to more SMEs and local producers. It provides a level playing field on which UK producers can compete for the opportunity to supply more of the produce currently supplied from other countries. It includes tools such as the balanced scorecard, to help contracting parties to balance a range of criteria beneficial to the consumer, the environment, and to producers. These criteria include embedding UK production standards, encouraging seasonality of fresh produce and calling for menus which celebrate the provenance of the food. This approach is a UK-led initiative which is not affected by leaving the EU.</p><p>The balanced scorecard approach is mandated for central government departments as existing contracts come up for renewal and it is also strongly encouraged for other public sector bodies. Defra is working closely with buyers and with the industry to ensure they are well prepared to maximise the opportunities.</p><p>The UK’s departure from the EU allows us to re-examine procurement rules to ensure they work in the best interests of UK businesses.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/09/2017 14:59:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

757311

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to enhance public procurement of British food once the UK has left the EU.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL1296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The government has a manifesto commitment to ensure that a third of goods and services procured by departments are supplied by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). We are delivering this in respect of food and catering services through the <em>Plan for Public Procurement: Food and Catering Services, </em>published in 2014.</p><p>The Plan aims to simplify the public procurement process and open up the market to more SMEs and local producers. It provides a level playing field on which UK producers can compete for the opportunity to supply more of the produce currently supplied from other countries. It provides tools, including the balanced scorecard, to help contracting parties to balance a range of criteria beneficial to the consumer, the environment, and to producers. These include embedding UK production standards, encouraging seasonality of fresh produce and calling for menus which celebrate the provenance of the food. This approach is a UK-led initiative which is not affected by leaving the EU.</p><p>The use of the balanced scorecard approach is mandatory for central government departments as existing contracts are renewed. Defra is working closely with buyers and with the industry to ensure they are well prepared to maximise the opportunities.</p><p>The UK’s departure from the EU allows some flexibility to re-examine procurement rules to ensure they work in the best interests of UK businesses.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 19/09/2017 14:16:22 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering