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date	18/11/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: 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 steps his Department is taking to help achieve net zero through procurement in the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	77425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2021 answer text <p>This year, the Government has put in place a new procurement policy which underlines the UK’s global leadership in tackling climate change.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Prospective suppliers bidding for contracts above £5million a year must now have committed to the government’s target of net zero by 2050 and have published a carbon reduction plan. Firms which fail to do so may be deselected from the procurement.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This policy supports the Government’s plan to build back greener, by ensuring that potential government suppliers publish plans to reduce carbon emissions across their operations in order to bid for major government contracts.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In addition, ‘Fighting Climate Change’ is one of the priority themes of the government’s Social Value Model, launched earlier this year. This enables departments to take environmental considerations, such as a reduction in carbon emissions, into account in the award of government contracts, where relevant.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 77421 77422 77423 77424 77426 77427 77428 77429 77430 77431 77432 77433 77434 77435 77436 77437 question first answered 24/11/2021 17:14:26 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1255371

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2020 to Question 116638 on Government Departments: Procurement, what steps he is taking to (a) identify and (b) tackle potential (i) conflicts of interest and (ii) bias in his Department's procurement process.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	120987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>The department takes all possible steps to identify and tackle conflict of interest and potential bias, including the embedment of fair and open tender processes, overseen by multiple officials from different areas of the department. Other measures include regular review of our policies, ensuring they are relevant to current contexts and adhere to central government guidelines.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 30/11/2020 18:51:47 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1255383

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many covid-19 procurement contracts were awarded by his Department retrospectively after work had already been carried out.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	120989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>No COVID-19 contracts were awarded by the Department retrospectively after work had already been carried out.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 30/11/2020 18:53:24 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1086587

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the guidance entitled, Procurement policy note 03/14: promoting tax compliance, how many suppliers were allocated contracts by his Department as a result of complying with (a) one and (b) more than one of the mitigating circumstances after failing the tax compliance questions.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	230878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>None of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s suppliers have failed to meet the tax compliance criteria in the Procurement Policy Note 03/14.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/03/2019 11:53:45 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1077205

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many suppliers have been excluded from bidding for contracts as a result of not complying with the criteria set out in the guidance entitled, Procurement policy note 03/14: promoting tax compliance, in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	225629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>DCMS has not excluded any suppliers from bidding for contracts as a result of not meeting the criteria in Procurement Policy Note 03/14.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/02/2019 16:12:03 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds