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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what contracts his Department and HM Courts and Tribunals Service currently have out to tender.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/304", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/229200", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/229200/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice is mandated to encourage Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME) engagement and the policy is set out by the Cabinet Office; this is a government wide agenda. SME participation is encouraged by removing barriers and making the procurement process faster and less complex. Most recently the government issued policy supporting a number of new reforms to make public procurement even more accessible to businesses, particularly SMEs. These new reforms take account of the wide consultation and engagement that the Government has undertaken with public bodies, small businesses and trade bodies over the last two years and in response to Lord Young\u2019s recommendations to Government in his report \u2018Growing Your Business\u2019 (May 2013). These reforms are implemented in Part 4 of the new Public Contracts Regulations 2015, and have been embedded into MoJ procurement processes.<\/p><p>Secondly the Social Values Act must be taken into consideration. Thought must be given to the economic, social and environmental well being of the relevant areas and applied as appropriate to the procurement process.<\/p><p>The full policies can be found at the following links:<\/p><p><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-04-12-procurement-supporting-growth-supporting-material-for-departments\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-04-12-procurement-supporting-growth-supporting-material-for-departments<\/a><\/p><p><a title=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-0315-reforms-to-make-public-procurement-more-accessible-to-smes\" href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-0315-reforms-to-make-public-procurement-more-accessible-to-smes\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-0315-reforms-to-make-public-procurement-more-accessible-to-smes<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/3/enacted\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/3/enacted<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/61169/The_20Compact.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/61169/The_20Compact.pdf<\/a><\/p><p> <\/p><p>The MoJ has exceeded the Government\u2019s stated aspiration that 25 per cent of government procurement expenditure goes to SMEs. The MoJ is one of the top performing departments, with over £1.7bn (37 per cent) of procurement expenditure going to SMEs in 2013/14.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department issues on the use of local contractors in tendering processes.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1470", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ian C. Lucas"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ian Lucas"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/228825/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>DFID publishes full contract information on the Contracts Finder website <a href=\"https://online.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">https://online.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/<\/a>.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the value is of contracts her Department holds with (a) Adam Smith International, (b) PwC and (c) KPMG.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1579", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mary Creagh"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/226755/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>We do not hold this information in the form requested.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2015 to Question 222001, what proportion, and what value, of centrally awarded contracts were awarded to firms registered in the UK in each of the last four financial years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1579", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mary Creagh"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mary Creagh"}
      ], "uin" : "227210"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/225985/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The amount that will be spent on the next generation estate contracts in Scotland and Northern Ireland in each of the next four financial years (FY) is shown below:<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td>FY 2014-15<\/td><td>£19.6 million<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FY 2015-16<\/td><td>£17 million<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FY 2016-17<\/td><td>£17.3 million<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FY 2017-18<\/td><td>£17.7 million<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FY 2018-19<\/td><td>£18.1 million<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>The information in relation to the amount spent on subcontractors in Scotland, the steps to ensure local businesses benefit from the contracts or the number of construction companies based in Scotland to have been awarded work is not held in the format requested.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3938", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Anna Soubry"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate (a) how much will be spent on the next generation estate contract for regional prime Scotland and Northern Ireland in each of the next four years and (b) how much of that amount will be spent with sub-contractors based in Scotland in each of those years; and what steps he has taken to ensure that local businesses benefit from those contracts.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1433", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Angus Robertson"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/225986/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The amount that will be spent on the next generation estate contracts in Scotland and Northern Ireland in each of the next four financial years (FY) is shown below:<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td>FY 2014-15<\/td><td>£19.6 million<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FY 2015-16<\/td><td>£17 million<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FY 2016-17<\/td><td>£17.3 million<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FY 2017-18<\/td><td>£17.7 million<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FY 2018-19<\/td><td>£18.1 million<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>The information in relation to the amount spent on subcontractors in Scotland, the steps to ensure local businesses benefit from the contracts or the number of construction companies based in Scotland to have been awarded work is not held in the format requested.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many construction companies based in Scotland have been awarded work under the next generation estate contract for regional prime Scotland and Northern Ireland; and what estimate he has made of the value of that work.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1433", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Angus Robertson"}
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        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3938", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Anna Soubry"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/225146", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Defence"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/225146/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is focused on ensuring best value for money in its procurement activity and, wherever possible, we seek to fulfil our requirements through open competition. For those instances where we must procure from a single source, the new Defence Reform Act 2014 and the Single Service Contract Regulations 2014 will help the MOD secure improved value for money through legally enforceable pricing and transparency rules. We have also established a Single Source Regulations Office, which will ensure that good value for money is obtained in Government expenditure on qualifying defence contracts and that contractors are paid a fair and reasonable price. The MOD does not hold information on savings realised through value for money procedures, but evaluates products and processes systematically to provide confidence about suitability, effectiveness, prudence, quality and good value. In a drive to continually reduce costs and deliver value for money the MOD has secured five year savings of £1.006 billion.<\/p>"}
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