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1226340

registered interest
date	20/09/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public First
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Ministerial sign off was required for the award of the focus group contract to Public First.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	76729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>Further to my <a href="https://bit.ly/30s4dmg" target="_blank">answer on 01 October 2020</a>, competitive tenders are used across government, including by the Cabinet Office. It is also the case that there are certain circumstances where regulations permit that contracts can be awarded without a competition, including where there is extreme urgency.</p><p>As has been the case under successive administrations, this Government works with a number of suppliers to provide polling and focus group work. Public First was engaged by the Cabinet Office to test public opinion and reaction to government messaging, including focus groups for COVID-19 research. Details of this contract have been published on GOV.UK in the usual way.</p><p>No ministerial sign off was sought for the award of a contract to Public First. Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on GOV.UK.</p><p>A claim for Judicial Review was issued by the High Court on 10 July 2020 in relation to the award of this contract. It would not, therefore, be appropriate to make further comment whilst this is subject to ongoing legal proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 76730 76731 76732 76733 77726 77727 question first answered 06/10/2020 09:19:17 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1226341

registered interest
date	20/09/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public First
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date the contract for focus group work was awarded to Public First.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	76730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>Further to my <a href="https://bit.ly/30s4dmg" target="_blank">answer on 01 October 2020</a>, competitive tenders are used across government, including by the Cabinet Office. It is also the case that there are certain circumstances where regulations permit that contracts can be awarded without a competition, including where there is extreme urgency.</p><p>As has been the case under successive administrations, this Government works with a number of suppliers to provide polling and focus group work. Public First was engaged by the Cabinet Office to test public opinion and reaction to government messaging, including focus groups for COVID-19 research. Details of this contract have been published on GOV.UK in the usual way.</p><p>No ministerial sign off was sought for the award of a contract to Public First. Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on GOV.UK.</p><p>A claim for Judicial Review was issued by the High Court on 10 July 2020 in relation to the award of this contract. It would not, therefore, be appropriate to make further comment whilst this is subject to ongoing legal proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 76729 76731 76732 76733 77726 77727 question first answered 06/10/2020 09:19:18 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1226342

registered interest
date	20/09/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public First
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he met with representatives from Public First in the six months prior to the award of the focus group contract to that company.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	76731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>Further to my <a href="https://bit.ly/30s4dmg" target="_blank">answer on 01 October 2020</a>, competitive tenders are used across government, including by the Cabinet Office. It is also the case that there are certain circumstances where regulations permit that contracts can be awarded without a competition, including where there is extreme urgency.</p><p>As has been the case under successive administrations, this Government works with a number of suppliers to provide polling and focus group work. Public First was engaged by the Cabinet Office to test public opinion and reaction to government messaging, including focus groups for COVID-19 research. Details of this contract have been published on GOV.UK in the usual way.</p><p>No ministerial sign off was sought for the award of a contract to Public First. Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on GOV.UK.</p><p>A claim for Judicial Review was issued by the High Court on 10 July 2020 in relation to the award of this contract. It would not, therefore, be appropriate to make further comment whilst this is subject to ongoing legal proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 76729 76730 76732 76733 77726 77727 question first answered 06/10/2020 09:19:18 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1226343

registered interest
date	20/09/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public First
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, which (a) Minister or (b) official initiated discussions with Public First on the focus group contract.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	76732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>Further to my <a href="https://bit.ly/30s4dmg" target="_blank">answer on 01 October 2020</a>, competitive tenders are used across government, including by the Cabinet Office. It is also the case that there are certain circumstances where regulations permit that contracts can be awarded without a competition, including where there is extreme urgency.</p><p>As has been the case under successive administrations, this Government works with a number of suppliers to provide polling and focus group work. Public First was engaged by the Cabinet Office to test public opinion and reaction to government messaging, including focus groups for COVID-19 research. Details of this contract have been published on GOV.UK in the usual way.</p><p>No ministerial sign off was sought for the award of a contract to Public First. Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on GOV.UK.</p><p>A claim for Judicial Review was issued by the High Court on 10 July 2020 in relation to the award of this contract. It would not, therefore, be appropriate to make further comment whilst this is subject to ongoing legal proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 76729 76730 76731 76733 77726 77727 question first answered 06/10/2020 09:19:18 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1226855

registered interest
date	21/07/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public First
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the nature is of the on-site resources provided by Public First Ltd to support Number 10 communications.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	77726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>Further to my <a href="https://bit.ly/30s4dmg" target="_blank">answer on 01 October 2020</a>, competitive tenders are used across government, including by the Cabinet Office. It is also the case that there are certain circumstances where regulations permit that contracts can be awarded without a competition, including where there is extreme urgency.</p><p>As has been the case under successive administrations, this Government works with a number of suppliers to provide polling and focus group work. Public First was engaged by the Cabinet Office to test public opinion and reaction to government messaging, including focus groups for COVID-19 research. Details of this contract have been published on GOV.UK in the usual way.</p><p>No ministerial sign off was sought for the award of a contract to Public First. Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on GOV.UK.</p><p>A claim for Judicial Review was issued by the High Court on 10 July 2020 in relation to the award of this contract. It would not, therefore, be appropriate to make further comment whilst this is subject to ongoing legal proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 76729 76730 76731 76732 76733 77727 question first answered 06/10/2020 09:19:18 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1226856

registered interest
date	21/07/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public First: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contracts the Government has awarded to Public First Ltd in each year since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	77727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>Further to my <a href="https://bit.ly/30s4dmg" target="_blank">answer on 01 October 2020</a>, competitive tenders are used across government, including by the Cabinet Office. It is also the case that there are certain circumstances where regulations permit that contracts can be awarded without a competition, including where there is extreme urgency.</p><p>As has been the case under successive administrations, this Government works with a number of suppliers to provide polling and focus group work. Public First was engaged by the Cabinet Office to test public opinion and reaction to government messaging, including focus groups for COVID-19 research. Details of this contract have been published on GOV.UK in the usual way.</p><p>No ministerial sign off was sought for the award of a contract to Public First. Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on GOV.UK.</p><p>A claim for Judicial Review was issued by the High Court on 10 July 2020 in relation to the award of this contract. It would not, therefore, be appropriate to make further comment whilst this is subject to ongoing legal proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 76729 76730 76731 76732 76733 77726 question first answered 06/10/2020 09:19:18 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes