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Pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2018 to Question 123531, the table below summarises the purpose of the six contracts between the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and government strategic suppliers.<\/p>
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Supplier<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Purpose of contract <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Capita<\/p><\/td> Supply of interim and temporary staff let via a pan government framework.<\/p><\/td><\/tr> CGI<\/p><\/td> (1) ICT Applications, Hosting and Management let via a pan government framework. (2) Managed payroll services let via a pan government framework. (3) Oracle finance system managed service let via a pan government framework. (4) Fully managed ICT services including; applications, hosting and management, system integration and management, service desk and end user computing.<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Vodafone<\/p><\/td> National contract let via the Cabinet Office G-Cloud framework for managed video conferencing services.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/strong><\/p> In addition, the CPS has no major contracts but multiple agreements with the following government strategic suppliers:<\/p> <\/p> BT \u2013for land line phones, alarm systems and business broadband lines.<\/p><\/li> Microsoft - for MS office products, server and networking applications and other software products.<\/p><\/li> Oracle - for server and networking applications and other software products.<\/p><\/li><\/ul> <\/strong><\/p> The table below summarises the purpose of the contracts between the Government Legal Department (GLD) and Her Majesty\u2019s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) and government strategic suppliers. It is the policy to engage with suppliers using central government frameworks and call off arrangements.<\/p> <\/p> Supplier<\/strong><\/p><\/td> GLD \u2013 purpose of contract<\/strong><\/p><\/td> HMCPSI - purpose of contract<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> BT plc<\/p><\/td> Provision of phone services for business continuity (disaster recovery).<\/p><\/td> Provision of mobile connectivity services and video conferencing at the York office<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cap Gemini<\/p><\/td> Provision of a supplier invoice receipt and scanning service; provision of a cloud-based invoice approval and electronic document management system; and secure destruction of paper documents.<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Capita<\/p><\/td> Predominately temporary staff, mainly lawyers, and training courses.<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Fujitsu<\/p><\/td> Provision of e-disclosure services to support legal cases.<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Microsoft<\/p><\/td> Software licences and support for Microsoft products, for example, Windows and Office Suites.<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Mitie<\/p><\/td> Office cleaning services.<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Oracle<\/p><\/td> Software licences and support.<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> Vodafone<\/p><\/td> Provision of mobile phone and connectivity services.<\/p><\/td> Provision of mobile phone and connectivity services.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> The table below summarises the purpose of the contracts between the Attorney General\u2019s Office (AGO) and government strategic suppliers.<\/p> Supplier<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Purpose of contract<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Amey<\/p><\/td> Facilities management<\/p><\/td><\/tr> BT<\/p><\/td> Network lines<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Capita<\/p><\/td> IT services<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> The table below summarises the purpose of the contracts between the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and government strategic suppliers.<\/p> Supplier<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Purpose of contract<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> BT PLC<\/p><\/td> Broadband lines at Southwark Crown Court<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Capita<\/p><\/td> IT support contract<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Vodafone<\/p><\/td> network services contract<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2018 to Question 123531, on Attorney General: Procurement, if he will list (a) the suppliers of and (b) the purpose of the (i) the Government Legal Department's contracts with the eight strategic suppliers (ii) the CPS's six contracts with strategic suppliers, (iii) the Serious Fraud Office's three contracts with strategic suppliers and (iv) Her Majesty's Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate's contracts with which two strategic suppliers.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/824730/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Government Legal Department (GLD) holds contracts with eight Government strategic suppliers<\/ins> and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) hold six contracts The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) holds three contracts with Government strategic suppliers.<\/p> HMCPSI holds two contracts with Government strategic suppliers; and the Attorney General\u2019s Office (AGO) holds Since 2012 there have been no civil servants in the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) who are employed by the Government Commercial Function.<\/p> The Attorney General\u2019s Office (AGO), the Government Legal Department (GLD), Her Majesty\u2019s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) do not have any staff who are part of the Government Commercial Function.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, how many civil servants in the Law Officers' Departments are part of the Government Commercial Function; and how many of those civil servants have been seconded (a) outside Government and (b) in from outside the government in each year since 2012.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/749981/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Government Legal Department (GLD), Attorney General\u2019s Office (AGO) and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) do not specifically record information centrally on those contracts that have been cancelled and retendered, but the procurement team are not aware of any contracts that have been cancelled and re-tendered since 2010.<\/p> <\/p> According to Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) records held centrally, there have been no contracts that have been cancelled and re-tendered since 2010. The CPS is a devolved organisation, however, and it is possible that contracts have been awarded locally and subsequently cancelled. To collate any such contracts would involve checking large numbers of records across a number of CPS offices and would incur disproportionate cost (Code of Practice on Access to Government Information, part 2, clause 9).<\/p> <\/p> The information requested is not collated centrally at the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and could only be obtained through a manual search of records, which would incur a disproportionate cost.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, how many contracts put out to tender by the Law Officers' Departments have been (a) cancelled and (b) re-tendered in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "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"}
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], "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>"}
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], "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"}
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], "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>"}
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], "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"}
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