@prefix rdf: . @prefix xsd: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix skos: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix api: . @prefix parl: . rdfs:label "Biography information for Caroline Nokes" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "53" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Cabinet Office" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Cabinet Office" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Cabinet Office" ; parl:hansardHeading "Government Departments: Procurement" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what value and proportion of central government procurement was made by each department in each year since 2010." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Cardiff West" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Kevin Brennan" ; parl:uin "32388" ; dcterms:date "2016-03-23"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Matt Hancock" . parl:answerText "

Until we leave, the UK remains a full member of the EU, with all of the rights and obligations. T​here will be no immediate change to the way our goods can move or the way our services can be sold.

The Prime Minister has established a Department for Exiting the European Union for overseeing negotiations to leave the EU and establishing the future relationship between the UK and EU.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2016-07-22"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2016-07-22T10:24:32.66Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Jon Trickett" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Pat Glass" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Kevin Brennan" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Richard Burden" . parl:answerText "

This Government has transformed central government procurement to make it more accessible to small and medium sized businesses. We are in the process of implementing Lord Young's recommendations to create an SME-friendly ‘single market' in wider public procurement, and we will go even further through reforms in the forthcoming Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Mr Nick Hurd" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-06-25"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-06-25T16:37:02.3098174Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd" . parl:answerText "

This information is not held centrally.

The Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 places a requirement on commissioners in England to consider the economic, environmental and social benefits of their approaches to procurement before the process starts, at the pre-procurement stage. Commissioners are not required to report each time they do so.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Ipswich" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Ben Gummer" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2017-03-13"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:groupedQuestionUIN "66971" , "66973" ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2017-03-13T12:35:12.973Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "53" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Cabinet Office" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Cabinet Office" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Cabinet Office" ; parl:hansardHeading "Government Departments: Procurement" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many charities or third sector bodies have been contracted to supply Government services by means of a contract with one or more social value clauses." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Hemsworth" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Jon Trickett" ; parl:uin "66973" ; dcterms:date "2017-03-07"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Sir Vince Cable" . parl:answerText "

Under transparency policy, we release the data annually (6 months in arrears) through the IPA Annual Report. The most recent report can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/535243/ipa_annual_report_on_major_projects_2015_2016.pdf

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Ipswich" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Ben Gummer" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2016-10-17"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2016-10-17T11:07:34.253Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "53" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Cabinet Office" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Cabinet Office" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Cabinet Office" ; parl:hansardHeading "Government Departments: Procurement" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October 2016 to Question 46376, how many projects managed by each Government Department the Infrastructure Projects Authority currently oversees; what the current status is of each project; and whether each such project is (a) ahead, on, or behind schedule and (b) under, on or over budget." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Birmingham, Northfield" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Richard Burden" ; parl:uin "47849" ; dcterms:date "2016-10-10"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Lord Empey" . skos:prefLabel "House of Commons" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "53" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Cabinet Office" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Cabinet Office" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Cabinet Office" ; parl:hansardHeading "Government Departments: Procurement" ; parl:houseId "2" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask Her Majesty’s Government what changes to government procurement rules they envisage as a result of the referendum on 23 June to leave the EU." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Lord Empey" ; parl:uin "HL1160" ; dcterms:date "2016-07-12"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

We recognise the vital role that small and medium-sized businesses have to play in helping us to achieve the best possible value for money when we buy goods and services.

Consequently, we are committed to removing all possible barriers to small businesses in this Government’s commercial arrangements, and we have set ourselves a challenging target of 33% of central government procurement spend going to small and medium businesses by 2022.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Romsey and Southampton North" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Caroline Nokes" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2017-11-23"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2017-11-23T14:23:08.59Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "26" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Business, Innovation and Skills" ; parl:hansardHeading "Government Departments: Procurement" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to increase apprenticeship places and support small businesses through greater use of government procurement." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "North West Durham" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Pat Glass" ; parl:uin "907598" ; dcterms:date "2015-02-09"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

We are doing more than ever to break down barriers for new and innovative businesses that want to supply to the public sector.

We are improving pre-procurement dialogue with suppliers to help us develop a more strategic relationship with industry.

The Small Business Research Initiative (https://sbri.innovateuk.org/), which was set up to connect public sector challenges with innovative ideas from industry, generates new business opportunities for companies, and provides a route to market for their ideas.

Finally, we are planning to set out the conditions for success that need to be in place in departments to drive innovation.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Romsey and Southampton North" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Caroline Nokes" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2017-11-16"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2017-11-16T16:00:06.127Z"^^xsd:dateTime . skos:prefLabel "House of Lords" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "53" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Cabinet Office" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Cabinet Office" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Cabinet Office" ; parl:hansardHeading "Government Departments: Procurement" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to make it easier for small businesses to access the tendering process for government contracts." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "North Swindon" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Justin Tomlinson" ; parl:uin "208517" ; dcterms:date "2014-09-08"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "53" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Cabinet Office" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Cabinet Office" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Cabinet Office" ; parl:hansardHeading "Government Departments: Procurement" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 has been used in Government public procurement processes in (a) 2014, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Hemsworth" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Jon Trickett" ; parl:uin "66972" ; dcterms:date "2017-03-07"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Ben Gummer" . rdfs:label "Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "53" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Cabinet Office" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Cabinet Office" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Cabinet Office" ; parl:hansardHeading "Government Departments: Procurement" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps he has taken to address barriers to small and medium-sized enterprises participating in government procurement." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Glasgow North East" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Mr William Bain" ; parl:uin "904464" ; dcterms:date "2014-06-19"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Mr William Bain" . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "53" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Cabinet Office" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Cabinet Office" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Cabinet Office" ; parl:hansardHeading "Government Departments: Procurement" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what process the Government follows to identify new and emerging suppliers of goods and services for the Government." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Hemsworth" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Jon Trickett" ; parl:uin "111032" ; dcterms:date "2017-11-02"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Justin Tomlinson" . parl:answerText "

This information is not held centrally.

The Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 places a requirement on commissioners in England to consider the economic, environmental and social benefits of their approaches to procurement before the process starts, at the pre-procurement stage. Commissioners are not required to report each time they do so.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Ipswich" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Ben Gummer" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2017-03-13"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:groupedQuestionUIN "66971" , "66972" ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2017-03-13T12:35:13.033Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

Under the industrial strategy, we encourage a long term approach to procurement, including training and apprenticeships.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Twickenham" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Vince Cable" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2015-02-12"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2015-02-12T14:58:36.253Z"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answer ; parl:answeringDeptId "53" ; parl:answeringDeptPrinted "Cabinet Office" ; parl:answeringDeptShortName "Cabinet Office" ; parl:answeringDeptSortName "Cabinet Office" ; parl:hansardHeading "Government Departments: Procurement" ; parl:houseId "1" ; parl:legislature ; parl:questionText "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what importance he places on Government departments prioritising spending on small and medium-sized enterprises; and what the reasons are for that policy." ; parl:registeredInterest false ; parl:tablingMember ; parl:tablingMemberConstituency "Sefton Central" ; parl:tablingMemberPrinted "Bill Esterson" ; parl:uin "114738" ; dcterms:date "2017-11-20"^^xsd:dateTime . parl:answerText "

To make it easier for small businesses to access the tendering process for government contracts, we have removed unnecessary bureaucracy such as pre-qualification questionnaires from low value central Government contracts. All central Government procurements over £10k must now be advertised on Contracts Finder, which has introduced unprecedented transparency to the range of opportunities available.

In addition, the Government’s appointment of Crown Representatives for SMEs and voluntary bodies has ensured that the voice of both SMES and voluntary sector organisations is heard inside Whitehall.

Our ‘Mystery Shopper’ scheme allows suppliers to report bad procurement practice, and we have published a series of “top tips” videos to help SMEs and voluntary organisations pitch for and win government contracts.

Building on these reforms, we are now taking forward Lord Young’s recommendations to create an SME-friendly ‘single market’ for public procurement including through the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill.

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "Horsham" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Mr Francis Maude" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2014-10-13"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2014-10-13T16:25:35.2808335Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Bill Esterson" . parl:answerText "

Total central government procurement spend is published as part of the annual reporting of spend with small and medium-sized businesses at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/central-government-spend-with-smes-2014-to-2015

" ; parl:answeringMember ; parl:answeringMemberConstituency "West Suffolk" ; parl:answeringMemberPrinted "Matthew Hancock" ; parl:dateOfAnswer "2016-04-11"^^xsd:dateTime ; parl:isMinisterialCorrection false ; parl:questionFirstAnswered "2016-04-11T09:55:30.087Z"^^xsd:dateTime . rdfs:label "Biography information for Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen" . a api:ListEndpoint ; dcterms:hasPart ; api:definition . a api:Page ; "10"^^xsd:long ; "1"^^xsd:long ; "71"^^xsd:long ; dcterms:isPartOf ; api:definition ; api:extendedMetadataVersion ; api:items ( ) ; api:page "0"^^xsd:long ; ; .