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1019423

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will conduct a review of the performance of the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	198219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government is confident that the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists is effectively delivering upon its statutory responsibilities and working well in enacting the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014. The Registrar operates independently of Government and it is the responsibility of the Registrar to maintain the lobbying register and to ensure that consultant lobbyists are compliant with their statutory responsibility to declare on whose behalf they are lobbying.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 06/12/2018 16:33:59 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1019424

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of staff shortages on the performance of the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	198220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government is confident that the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists is effectively delivering upon his statutory responsibilities and that the Office is working well in enacting the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists operates independently of Government, and under the Transparency of Lobbying Act 2014, ‘may make arrangements with the Minister or other persons for staff to be seconded’ to the Office. The Government is confident that there are no staff shortages in the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists and that the current arrangements for staffing in the office are in line with the governing legislation.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 06/12/2018 16:35:14 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1017238

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether his Department holds data on the proportion of contracts issued by (a) his Department and (b) contractors to his Department that include provisions to impose that any payment due to a subcontractor be made no later than 30 days from the date on which the relevant invoice is regarded as valid and undisputed as required by the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	197330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) keeps a central database of contracts it issues. All contracts issued since 2015 that permit subcontracting have contained such provisions.</p><p>The Government Legal Department (GLD), Attorney General’s Office (AGO), HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) do not centrally hold this data. To calculate or estimate this would involve a manual check of contracts held and this would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>For future exercises with an anticipated contract value above £5 million per annum, the CPS will apply the requirements of Procurement Policy Note 04/18 (published 29 November 2018). This requires departments to include ‘prompt payment’ questions in the selection of future suppliers.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 12/12/2018 15:03:01 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1017239

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has issued contracts in the last two years that do not include provisions to impose that any payment due from the contracting authority to the contractor under the contract is to be made no later than 30 days from the date on which the relevant invoice is regarded as valid and undisputed as required by the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	197331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>However, all of the Department’s model contracts contain clauses which require the Department to pay invoices within 30 days of receipt. Any correctly submitted invoice that is not paid within 30 days will be subject to the provisions of the Late Payment of Commercial Debt (Interest) Act (1998).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/12/2018 16:57:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1017242

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Public Procurement Review Service's spot checks on procurement documents apply to the contracting authority only.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	197333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The spot checks on procurement documents only apply to contracting authorities within the public sector.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 05/12/2018 11:35:19 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1017243

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many spot checks on procurement documents have been carried out by the Public Procurement Review Service in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	197334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>There have been 278 spot checks completed in the last 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 06/12/2018 16:37:02 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1017244

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many of the spot checks on procurement documents carried out by the Public Procurement Review Service in the last 12 months revealed non-compliance with public procurement regulations.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	197335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>Spot checks undertaken in the last 12 months have been targeted where we were aware that a contracting authority had previously not complied with a part of public procurement regulations, and where contracting authorities are not advertising tender opportunities on Contracts Finder appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>We had 100% compliance when following up with the contracting authority applying a recommendation we had previously made from our investigation. We had a 82.25% success rate following intervention with a contracting authority which was not advertising tender opportunities on all the correct portals.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 05/12/2018 11:41:13 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1017245

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many of the the spot checks on procurement documents carried out by the Public Procurement Review Service in the last 12 months resulted in the Crown Commercial Service providing guidance to the relevant contracting authority.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	197336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>Spot checks undertaken in the last 12 months have been targeted where we were aware that a contracting authority had previously not complied with a part of public procurement regulations, and where contracting authorities are not advertising tender opportunities on Contracts Finder appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore the majority of spot checks undertaken in the last 12 months have resulted in the Public Procurement Review Service providing guidance to the relevant contracting authority at some point. We did not provide guidance on the spot checks that were classed as following up recommendations from our investigations, these contract authorities had already received the guidance in the form of a recommendation.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 05/12/2018 11:39:20 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1017247

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release of 29 November 2018 entitled Crack down on suppliers who don’t pay on time, whether identification of late payment by public sector contractors will include payment information from Crown Commercial Service investigations.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	197338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>Large suppliers are already required by law to publish their payment records every 6 months on Gov.uk. Departments will be able to use these records as part of the assessment to ensure the criteria is met. These are published here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/check-when-businesses-pay-invoices" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/check-when-businesses-pay-invoices</a></p><p> </p><p>If a business is unable to demonstrate that they are meeting the core standard of paying 95% of invoices within 60 days over the previous two six month periods and cannot explain why or show evidence of significant remedial action taking place, then they may be excluded from the process and not be able to win that opportunity. Decisions will be taken on a case by case basis.</p><p> </p><p>Companies are also required to demonstrate they have procedures for resolving disputed invoices promptly, and that systems are in place to ensure those in supply chains are paid within agreed contractual terms.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 05/12/2018 11:37:07 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1017248

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release of 29 November 2018 entitled Crack down on suppliers who don’t pay on time, which mechanism his Department plans to use to prohibit firms with poor payment practices winning government contracts.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	197339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>If a business is unable to demonstrate that they are meeting the code’s core standard of paying 95% of invoices within 60 days over the previous two six month periods and cannot explain why or show evidence of significant remedial action taking place, then they may be excluded from the process and not be able to win that opportunity. Decisions will be taken on a case by case basis.</p><p> </p><p>Companies are also required to demonstrate they have procedures for resolving disputed invoices promptly, and that systems are in place to ensure those in supply chains are paid within agreed contractual terms.</p><p> </p><p>Large suppliers are already required by law to publish their payment records every 6 months on Gov.uk. Departments will be able to use these records as part of the assessment to ensure the criteria is met. These are published here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/check-when-businesses-pay-invoices" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/check-when-businesses-pay-invoices</a></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 05/12/2018 11:32:12 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett