{ "format" : "linked-data-api", "version" : "0.2", "result" : {"_about" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?max-date=2018-03-28&hansardHeading=Attorney+General%3A+Procurement&max-answer.dateOfAnswer=2017-07-06", "definition" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/meta/answeredquestions.text?max-date=2018-03-28&hansardHeading=Attorney+General%3A+Procurement&max-answer.dateOfAnswer=2017-07-06", "extendedMetadataVersion" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?max-date=2018-03-28&_metadata=all&hansardHeading=Attorney+General%3A+Procurement&max-answer.dateOfAnswer=2017-07-06", "first" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?_page=0&max-date=2018-03-28&hansardHeading=Attorney+General%3A+Procurement&max-answer.dateOfAnswer=2017-07-06", "hasPart" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?max-date=2018-03-28&hansardHeading=Attorney+General%3A+Procurement&max-answer.dateOfAnswer=2017-07-06", "isPartOf" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?max-date=2018-03-28&hansardHeading=Attorney+General%3A+Procurement&max-answer.dateOfAnswer=2017-07-06", "items" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/732908", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/732908/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Crown Prosecution Service<\/strong> (CPS) does not keep central records of the status of suppliers and is therefore unable to verify if any contracts have been awarded to (a) charities and (b) social enterprises in each year since 2010. To identify any such expenditure would involve checking large numbers of paper records and would incur disproportionate cost (Code of Practice on Access to Government Information, part 2, clause 9).<\/p>

The Serious Fraud Office<\/strong> (SFO), HMCPSI<\/strong> and the Government Legal Department<\/strong> (GLD) have not awarded any contracts to charities or social enterprises since 2010.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1560", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Kenilworth and Southam"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jeremy Wright"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-07-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-07-06T14:23:43.103Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "88"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-06-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Attorney General: Procurement"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, how many contracts put out to tender by the Law Officers' Departments were awarded to (a) charities and (b) social enterprises in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hemsworth"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jon Trickett"} ], "uin" : "1245"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/720198", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/720198/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The estimated spend of the Crown Prosecution Service on managing procurement for each year since 2010 is as follows:<\/p>

Year<\/p><\/td>

2010-11<\/p><\/td>

2011-12<\/p><\/td>

2012-13<\/p><\/td>

2013-14<\/p><\/td>

2014-15<\/p><\/td>

2015-16<\/p><\/td>

2016-17<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

(£000s)<\/p><\/td>

637<\/p><\/td>

531<\/p><\/td>

521<\/p><\/td>

847<\/p><\/td>

858<\/p><\/td>

894<\/p><\/td>

852<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

The figures are based upon average staff costs and the costs of external procurement services. From August 2013, the figures include an element equivalent to two full time posts which is part of a shared purchasing service to the GLD, AGO and HMCPSI and described below.<\/p>

The spend by the Government Legal Department (GLD), Attorney General\u2019s Office (AGO) and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) is as follows:<\/p>

Year<\/p><\/td>

2010-11<\/p><\/td>

2011-12<\/p><\/td>

2012-13<\/p><\/td>

2013-14<\/p><\/td>

2014-15<\/p><\/td>

2015-16<\/p><\/td>

2016-17<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

(£000s<\/p><\/td>

125<\/p><\/td>

125<\/p><\/td>

88<\/p><\/td>

144<\/p><\/td>

159<\/p><\/td>

132<\/p><\/td>

135<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

As noted above, the CPS Procurement Team provides procurement support and advice under a shared service arrangement. Prior to August 2012, this function was provided by a GLD Procurement Team.<\/p>

Individual Serious Fraud Office (SFO) teams are responsible for the day-to-day contract management of expert services and lower value contracts that fall within their business areas. Senior members of case teams are also responsible for the management of counsel and other experts engaged on SFO cases. The SFO does not hold central records on the contract management time spent by each and every staff member involved and such information could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1560", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Kenilworth and Southam"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jeremy Wright"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-04-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-04-25T14:47:45.557Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "88"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-04-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Attorney General: Procurement"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2017 to Question 66990, on procurement, what estimate he has made of the amount spent on managing procurement in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hemsworth"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jon Trickett"} ], "uin" : "70551"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/710898", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/710898/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

(a) Government Legal Department: The 330 lawyers in the Litigation Group are at Senior Civil Service, Grade 6 and Grade 7.<\/p>

(b) Crown Prosecution Service: The grades of the 12.5 (FTE) members of commercial staff are shown in the below table.<\/p>

Civil Service Grade<\/p><\/td>

CPS Commercial staff @ 31/01/2017<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

G7<\/p><\/td>

2.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

SEO<\/p><\/td>

4.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

HEO<\/p><\/td>

3.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

EO<\/p><\/td>

1.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

AO<\/p><\/td>

0.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

AA<\/p><\/td>

2.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Total<\/p><\/td>

12.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

(c) Serious Fraud Office: The three members of the procurement team are one Grade 6 (who also manages the Facilities Management Team), one Senior Executive Officer and one Higher Executive Officer.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1560", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Kenilworth and Southam"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jeremy Wright"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-03-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-03-21T13:41:59.677Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "88"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-03-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Attorney General: Procurement"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2017 to Question 66990, what the pay grades are of the (a) 330 lawyers from the GLD's litigation group, (b) 12.5 full-time equivalent Crown Prosecution Service staff and (c) three Serious Fraud Office staff employed.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hemsworth"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jon Trickett"} ], "uin" : "68004"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/709263", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/709263/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

It is not possible to be precise about the exact number of civil servants who oversee contracts which have been awarded to external providers.<\/p>

<\/p>

The majority of the 330 lawyers GLD\u2019s Litigation Group are engaged in managing contracts, for example instructing expert witnesses and counsel.<\/p>

<\/strong><\/p>

12.5 (fte) CPS staff spend more than 50% of their time on commercial work - including 2.0 staff specifically engaged to provide the Government Legal Department purchasing advice.<\/p>

<\/p>

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has a central procurement team of three individuals who oversee SFO procurement including managing high value contracts and advising staff on best practice.<\/p>

<\/p>

There will be other staff across the LODs that are responsible for overseeing contracts however central records are not currently maintained on each staff member involved.<\/p>

<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4106", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South Swindon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Buckland"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-03-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-03-13T17:32:30.397Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "88"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-03-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Attorney General: Procurement"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2017 to Question 64992, on Attorney General: procurement, how many civil servants of the Law Officers' Departments have contract management responsibility for external providers.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hemsworth"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jon Trickett"} ], "uin" : "66990"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/705510", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/705510/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The following figures, based on published<\/del> accounts for the financial years from<\/ins> April<\/ins> 2010 to April<\/ins> 2016, show the procurement spend (all expenditure on goods, assets or services, not including expenditure relating to the remuneration of employees, non cash costs such as depreciation and local/national taxes such as rates and excluding any case settlement costs) for the Law Officers\u2019 Departments. Figures for the financial year from April 2016- April 2017 are not yet available. <\/ins><\/p>

<\/p>

Value <\/ins> (£000s)<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

2010-11<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

2011-12<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

2012-13<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

2013-14<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

2014-15<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

2015-16<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

2016<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

GLD*<\/p><\/td>

52,300<\/del> 49,533<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

49,533<\/del> 52,426<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

52,426<\/del> 47,070<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

47,070<\/del> 60,167<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

60,167<\/del> 70,649<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

70,649<\/del> 68,804<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

68,804<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

AGO<\/p><\/td>

1,800<\/del> 1,589<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

1,589<\/del> 1,520<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

1,520<\/del> 1,457<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

1,457<\/del> 1,348<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

1,348<\/del> 1,470<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

1,470<\/del> 1,354<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

1,354<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

HMCPSI<\/p><\/td>

821<\/del> 893<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

893<\/del> 1,032<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

1,032<\/del> 417<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

417<\/del> 409<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

409<\/del> 388<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

388<\/del> 419<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

419<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

CPS<\/p><\/td>

315,581<\/del> 307,168<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

274,816<\/del> 270,597<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

269,612<\/del> 255,429<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

244,121<\/del> 252,916<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

284,482<\/del> 289,727<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

347,658<\/del> 258,876<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

325,560<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

SFO<\/p><\/td>

21,696m<\/del> 21,696<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

18,968m<\/del> 18,968<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

17,884m<\/del> 17,884<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

31,689m<\/del> 31,689<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

26,887m<\/del> 26,887<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

22,358m<\/del> 22,358<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

21,904m<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

*The Treasury Solicitor\u2019s Department until 31 March 2015.<\/p>

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It is not possible to be precise about the exact number of civil servants employed by the Law Officers' Departments who oversee contracts that have been awarded to external providers.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4106", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South Swindon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Buckland"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-03-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-03-06T17:32:40.313Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "88"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-02-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Attorney General: Procurement"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, how many civil servants of the Law Officers' Departments oversee contracts which have been awarded to external providers.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hemsworth"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jon Trickett"} ], "uin" : "64992"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 6, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} }