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988651

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
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, to ask what steps his department has taken to ensure that central government Departments take account of social economic value under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 in public procurement.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	180319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>Central Government contracting authorities conducting major construction and infrastructure projects with a contract value exceeding £10 million are required to adopt the Growth Balanced Scorecard. The scorecard guides public procurers in balancing more straightforward matters such as cost, against more complex issues such as social and wider economic considerations when designing their procurement approaches.</p><p> </p><p>Following on from the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster’s speech to the Reform conference on 25 June 2018, the Cabinet Office is currently leading work with DCMS to implement a package of measures for the future of social value and procurement. This includes training for government commercial staff to ensure that all major procurements in central government explicitly evaluate and report on their social and economic value.</p><p> </p><p>Further information will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 24/10/2018 11:14:45 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

984447

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
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, what progress has been made on ensuring that all Government suppliers are signatories of the Prompt Payment Code.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	177296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>In 2015 the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) strengthened the Prompt Payment Code.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of government’s strategic suppliers are signatories to the Code and payment practices of government’s largest suppliers are regularly monitored to ensure that they are in line with the aims of prompt payment policy. While the Prompt Payment Code is voluntary, any new strategic supplier to Government is encouraged to sign up.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, BEIS have recently launched a call for evidence seeking views and experiences on the impact of late and unfair payment practices. This closes on 29 November and a link to this is below:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/creating-a-responsible-payment-culture-a-call-for-evidence-on-tackling-late-payment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 15/10/2018 10:51:34 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

984448

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
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 32 biggest suppliers to the Government have met the commitment to pay 95 percent of invoices within 60 days; and how many such suppliers have met the voluntary agreement to adopt 30 days as the norm.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	177297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>In 2017, the government introduced legislation that requires the UK’s largest businesses to report on a half yearly basis on their payment practices, policies and performance. All information must be published on Gov.uk. This can be viewed at the following link: <a href="https://check-payment-practices.service.gov.uk/search" target="_blank">https://check-payment-practices.service.gov.uk/search</a></p><p> </p><p>Public sector buyers must include 30-day payment terms in new public sector contracts; and require that this payment term be passed down the supply chain.</p><p> </p><p>At the pre-qualification stage of any procurement, it is the responsibility of contracting authorities to ensure that contracts are awarded to appropriate suppliers according to the required payment terms.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 177298 question first answered 15/10/2018 10:49:27 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

984451

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
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, what data on payment practices and terms is requested from the 32 largest suppliers to Government before awarding further public sector contracts; and how many contracts have been withheld pending satisfactory evidence from such suppliers.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	177298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>In 2017, the government introduced legislation that requires the UK’s largest businesses to report on a half yearly basis on their payment practices, policies and performance. All information must be published on Gov.uk. This can be viewed at the following link: <a href="https://check-payment-practices.service.gov.uk/search" target="_blank">https://check-payment-practices.service.gov.uk/search</a></p><p> </p><p>Public sector buyers must include 30-day payment terms in new public sector contracts; and require that this payment term be passed down the supply chain.</p><p> </p><p>At the pre-qualification stage of any procurement, it is the responsibility of contracting authorities to ensure that contracts are awarded to appropriate suppliers according to the required payment terms.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 177297 question first answered 15/10/2018 10:49:27 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

984453

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
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, what assessment has there been of the effectiveness of the Crown Commercial Service Mystery Shopper scheme; and what steps the Government is taking to proactively promote that scheme to suppliers.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	177299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Mystery Shopper service, introduced in 2011, allows suppliers to report poor procurement practice. Nearly 1500 cases have been received to date and, of the total cases closed during 2017-18, 99% resulted in positive change. Statutory powers introduced in March 2015 now require contracting authorities to co-operate with the service.</p><p>Lists of issues raised and the results of cases investigated so far under the Mystery Shopper scheme are published regularly on Gov.UK at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mystery-shopper-results" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mystery-shopper-results</a></p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 177300 question first answered 15/10/2018 10:23:48 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

984454

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
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 suppliers have reported within the Crown Commercial Service Mystery Shopper scheme evidence of (a) instances of late or unfair payment and (b) other poor procurement practice in public sector contracts; how many suppliers have been investigated as a result of the Mystery Shopper scheme; and what the outcomes of those investigations have been.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	177300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Mystery Shopper service, introduced in 2011, allows suppliers to report poor procurement practice. Nearly 1500 cases have been received to date and, of the total cases closed during 2017-18, 99% resulted in positive change. Statutory powers introduced in March 2015 now require contracting authorities to co-operate with the service.</p><p>Lists of issues raised and the results of cases investigated so far under the Mystery Shopper scheme are published regularly on Gov.UK at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mystery-shopper-results" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mystery-shopper-results</a></p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 177299 question first answered 15/10/2018 10:23:48 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

972357

registered interest
date	12/09/2018
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 UK has excluded a company from public procurement for reasons of corruption.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	174041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>Exclusion decisions in public procurement are taken by individual contracting authorities and government does not hold this data centrally.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 09/10/2018 11:01:44 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

964735

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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, what the Government's policy is on procuring (a) goods and (b) services from UK companies.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	169075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>Public sector purchasing authorities are required to seek value for money for goods and services through fair and open competition, social value and in line with our current international obligations. The Government has also extended the requirements of the Public Services (Social Value Act 2012) to ensure that all major procurements explicitly evaluate Social Value where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The Government wants UK companies to be successful in public procurement. The best way to bring this about is for those companies to offer the goods and services we need at quality levels and whole-life costs representing value for money. To this end the Government is seeking to ensure the huge purchasing power of government supports the task of boosting growth, and enables us to actively shape the UK market for the long term.</p><p> </p><p>Improving pre-procurement dialogue is a key part of that process, helping us develop a more strategic relationship with industry. The Government is providing industry with visibility of up to £191bn of potential procurement opportunities across 19 sectors. In addition, we are working with businesses to identify and address any key capabilities needed to meet future demand; actively helping them to remove barriers and supporting growth through additional benefits that boost exports and drive innovation.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 09/10/2018 14:59:54 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

942844

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of recent changes in the tender for the crown marketplace purchasing platform upon the Government’s ability to achieve its target to tender 35 per cent of Government spending to UK-based SMEs.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	165007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2018 answer text <p>The vision of the Crown Marketplace remains unchanged and the digital products we will launch this year will provide numerous opportunities for SMEs to tender and obtain value for money for the taxpayer. This will support the Government's aspiration for 33% of procurement spend to go to SMEs by 2022, and I have recently announced a package of tough new measures designed to level the playing field for smaller businesses bidding to win government contracts, whether this be through the Crown Marketplace or other Government tendering portals.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 30/07/2018 10:06:36 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

922488

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
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 and what proportion of businesses delivering public procurement projects in England are SMEs.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	152844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>This information is not centrally held, as each department is responsible for its own procurement.</p><p><br> Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive. Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p><p> </p><p>As of the end of May there are 40,797 individual users from 26,242 organisations registered on Contracts Finder, 17,727 of these (68%) are SMEs.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 20/06/2018 09:53:49 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith