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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-06-04more like thismore than 2019-06-04
answering body
Department for Transport more like this
answering dept id 27 more like this
answering dept short name Transport more like this
answering dept sort name Transport more like this
hansard heading Rolling Stock: Procurement remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) job creation, (b) support for the UK supply chain and (c) UK content are in the criteria for the provision of rolling stock in the award of rail franchises. more like this
tabling member constituency Stockton North more like this
tabling member printed
Alex Cunningham more like this
uin 259983 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-06-12more like thismore than 2019-06-12
answer text <p>The Department sets out the criteria for the award of rail franchises in the competition Invitation to Tender documents which can be found on the Department’s website at gov.uk/dft. Rolling stock procurement is undertaken through fair and open competition, usually by train operators as part of their franchise commitments and operators may include procurement criteria that the Department is not party to.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Rail Sector Deal government is working with industry to promote procurement practices that support an innovative, highly-skilled, and productive British rail supply chain.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough more like this
answering member printed Andrew Jones more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-06-12T14:12:05.927Zmore like thismore than 2019-06-12T14:12:05.927Z
answering member
3996
label Biography information for Andrew Jones more like this
tabling member
4122
label Biography information for Alex Cunningham remove filter