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1582042

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has a policy on the stockpiling of critical materials.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	135233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>The Critical Minerals Strategy sets out the Government’s plans to make critical mineral supply chains more resilient. The Department of International Trade’s Supply Chains Resilience framework highlighted stockpiling as one of five possible areas to explore when building resilience in supply chains. We are analysing the pros and cons of stockpiling, including engagement of stakeholders and international partners, before making commitments.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 07/02/2023 15:05:16 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1364536

registered interest
date	28/10/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what conditions are written into contracts between (1) government departments, (2) agencies, and outside contractors, regarding contributions by such contractors to (a) political parties, and (b) partisan think tanks.
tabling member printed	Lord Wallace of Saltaire
uin	HL3546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2021 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-0421-applying-exclusions-in-public-procurement-managing-conflicts-of-interest-and-whistleblowing" target="_blank">Procurement Policy Note 04/21</a> sets out guidance for all central government departments and their agencies to prevent, identify, record and remedy conflicts of interest. The framework includes the relevant processes, procedures, and appropriate checks and balances to effectively manage conflicts of interest in a commercial context.</p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 03/11/2021 17:01:15 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire

1273300

registered interest
date	30/12/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the (a) effectiveness of Government procurement policy and (b) the potential merits of including (i) environmental and (ii) social factors as future Government procurement priorities.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Holly Mumby-Croft
uin	133313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that we want to do all we can to support our steel industry. The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement does not affect the Government's ability to procure more UK-made steel. The Agreement incorporates our existing commitments on non-discrimination under the World Trade Organization’s Government Procurement Agreement that does not allow preferential treatment of UK steel producers in public procurement.</p><p>Our international obligations do still allow the UK to develop an independent procurement policy to save taxpayers money, drive wider social benefits and strengthen the resilience of domestic supply chains. The publication of indicative pipelines of government steel requirements alongside steel procurement guidance, ensures that UK steel producers have the best possible chances of competing for public sector projects.</p><p>We have recently published a Green Paper consultation on radical reform of the UK’s public procurement regulations. Our proposals aim to create a simpler regime that reduces costs for business and the public sector alike whilst complying with our international obligations. New rules will meet national needs, drive improved commercial outcomes, increase innovation and remove complex and unnecessary bureaucracy - all leading to improved value for money.</p><p>Alongside the Green Paper, our new social value approach, which came into effect for Government departments on 1 January, will help streamline and standardise the procurement process. It rightly aligns with government’s priorities on:</p><ul><li><p>tackling regional inequality with new jobs and skills, including retraining the unemployed in clean growth sectors, and helping communities recover;</p></li><li><p>promoting economic growth and prosperity by supporting SMEs, VCSEs and start-ups to lead or be part of government supply chains; and</p></li><li><p>tackling climate change and supporting our net zero goals.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 133312 question first answered 14/01/2021 17:47:38 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4867 label Biography information for Holly Mumby-Croft

1129397

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made a recent assessment of the merits of (a) life-cycle costing and (b) best price-quality ratio in relation to public procurement.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	259078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>UK public procurement policy is to award contracts on the basis of value for money, which means the optimal combination of cost and quality over the lifetime of the project. Public sector procurers are required to assess value for money from the perspective of the contracting authority, using criteria linked to the subject matter of the contract, including compliance with the published specification</p><p><br>Decisions on whether to outsource any particular service are made on a case by case basis according to Treasury guidance and the Outsourcing Playbook. This guidance aims to ensure government makes well evidenced assessments when deciding whether to outsource a public service and helps government and industry work better together to deliver high quality public services.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 11/06/2019 11:18:29 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

387882

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what contracts his Department and HM Courts and Tribunals Service currently have out to tender.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	5623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2015 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">As of the 7<sup>th</sup> July, the following contracts the Department, including HM Courts and Tribunals Service currently have out to tender are,</ins></p><p> </p><p>PQ 5623</p><p>1. Professional Services, Evaluation of Sentencing Council Guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>2. HMP Holloway Fire Safety Improvements.</p><p> </p><p>3. Reducing Reoffending, Provision of three Risk assessments at</p><p>HMP Swaleside, East Sutton Park and Stanford Hill.</p><p> </p><p>4. Operational Goods, Supply of Portable Mobile Phone Detection Equipment.</p><p> </p><p>5. Reducing Reoffending, Retender of Provision for 1 forensic psychology risk assessment at</p><p>HMP Leyhill,</p><p> </p><p>6. HMP Wandsworth Demolition of Laundry.</p><p> </p><p>7. Reducing Reoffending, Provision of sixteen forensic psychology risk assessments at HMP Frankland.</p><p> </p><p>8. Compliance and Enforcement Service, (Court Fines).</p><p> </p><p>9. Transforming Youth Custody – Secure Training Centre.</p><p> </p><p>10. Criminal Justice System – Efficiencies.</p><p> </p><p>11. Professional Services – To implement a specialist financial services framework.</p><p> </p><p>PQ 5624</p><p> </p><p>I can confirm that Synnex Concentrix has been announced as the preferred bidder for court enforcements.</p><p> </p><p>At this point, we are unable to disclose which suppliers have been involved in the other competitions listed above due to procurement competition rules and regulations.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 30/07/2015 11:43:01 question first ministerially corrected 31/07/2015 10:08:18 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara previous answer version 18838 answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

229200

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department issues on the use of local contractors in tendering processes.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
uin	228651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice is mandated to encourage Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME) engagement and the policy is set out by the Cabinet Office; this is a government wide agenda. SME participation is encouraged by removing barriers and making the procurement process faster and less complex. Most recently the government issued policy supporting a number of new reforms to make public procurement even more accessible to businesses, particularly SMEs. These new reforms take account of the wide consultation and engagement that the Government has undertaken with public bodies, small businesses and trade bodies over the last two years and in response to Lord Young’s recommendations to Government in his report ‘Growing Your Business’ (May 2013). These reforms are implemented in Part 4 of the new Public Contracts Regulations 2015, and have been embedded into MoJ procurement processes.</p><p>Secondly the Social Values Act must be taken into consideration. Thought must be given to the economic, social and environmental well being of the relevant areas and applied as appropriate to the procurement process.</p><p>The full policies can be found at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-04-12-procurement-supporting-growth-supporting-material-for-departments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-04-12-procurement-supporting-growth-supporting-material-for-departments</a></p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-0315-reforms-to-make-public-procurement-more-accessible-to-smes" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-0315-reforms-to-make-public-procurement-more-accessible-to-smes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-0315-reforms-to-make-public-procurement-more-accessible-to-smes</a></p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/3/enacted" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/3/enacted</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/61169/The_20Compact.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/61169/The_20Compact.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The MoJ has exceeded the Government’s stated aspiration that 25 per cent of government procurement expenditure goes to SMEs. The MoJ is one of the top performing departments, with over £1.7bn (37 per cent) of procurement expenditure going to SMEs in 2013/14.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 25/03/2015 17:56:45 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

228825

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the value is of contracts her Department holds with (a) Adam Smith International, (b) PwC and (c) KPMG.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	228533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>DFID publishes full contract information on the Contracts Finder website <a href="https://online.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://online.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 25/03/2015 17:42:02 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

226755

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2015 to Question 222001, what proportion, and what value, of centrally awarded contracts were awarded to firms registered in the UK in each of the last four financial years.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	227210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>We do not hold this information in the form requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 18/03/2015 17:13:11 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

225985

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate (a) how much will be spent on the next generation estate contract for regional prime Scotland and Northern Ireland in each of the next four years and (b) how much of that amount will be spent with sub-contractors based in Scotland in each of those years; and what steps he has taken to ensure that local businesses benefit from those contracts.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	226825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The amount that will be spent on the next generation estate contracts in Scotland and Northern Ireland in each of the next four financial years (FY) is shown below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>FY 2014-15</td><td>£19.6 million</td></tr><tr><td>FY 2015-16</td><td>£17 million</td></tr><tr><td>FY 2016-17</td><td>£17.3 million</td></tr><tr><td>FY 2017-18</td><td>£17.7 million</td></tr><tr><td>FY 2018-19</td><td>£18.1 million</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information in relation to the amount spent on subcontractors in Scotland, the steps to ensure local businesses benefit from the contracts or the number of construction companies based in Scotland to have been awarded work is not held in the format requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 226826 question first answered 16/03/2015 17:44:43 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

225986

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many construction companies based in Scotland have been awarded work under the next generation estate contract for regional prime Scotland and Northern Ireland; and what estimate he has made of the value of that work.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	226826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The amount that will be spent on the next generation estate contracts in Scotland and Northern Ireland in each of the next four financial years (FY) is shown below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>FY 2014-15</td><td>£19.6 million</td></tr><tr><td>FY 2015-16</td><td>£17 million</td></tr><tr><td>FY 2016-17</td><td>£17.3 million</td></tr><tr><td>FY 2017-18</td><td>£17.7 million</td></tr><tr><td>FY 2018-19</td><td>£18.1 million</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information in relation to the amount spent on subcontractors in Scotland, the steps to ensure local businesses benefit from the contracts or the number of construction companies based in Scotland to have been awarded work is not held in the format requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 226825 question first answered 16/03/2015 17:44:43 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson