Asked by: Baroness Worthington (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the (1) numbers, and (2) total values, of public contracts entered into by public authorities with an estimated value of (a) more than £2 million that is not a light-touch contract, (b) more than £2 million that is a light-touch contract, and (c) less than £2 million.
Answered by Lord True - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
The Cabinet Office does not hold this information.
Details of Government contracts above £10,000, and £25,000 in the wider public sector, are published on Contracts Finder (https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder).
Asked by: Baroness Worthington (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the (1) numbers, and (2) total values, of public contracts entered into by government departments, their executive agencies, and non-departmental public bodies with an anticipated contract value above £5 million (excluding VAT) per annum, that are (a) subject to Procurement Policy Note 06/21, and (b) not subject to Procurement Policy Note 06/21.
Answered by Lord True - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
The Cabinet Office does not hold the reporting or recording of contract level greenhouse gas emissions for the public sector. Individual departmental emissions (including contributions made by public contracts) are recorded via the Greening Government commitments (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/greening-government-commitments).
By the end of May 2021, 50 commercial agreements above the threshold of £5m per annum had applied Procurement Policy Notice 06/21, with a total value of £82 billion over the life of those agreements.
Asked by: Baroness Worthington (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with public contracts entered into by (1) government departments, their executive agencies, and non-departmental public bodies, and (2) other public authorities covered by public procurement regulations.
Answered by Lord True - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
The Cabinet Office does not hold the reporting or recording of contract level greenhouse gas emissions for the public sector. Individual departmental emissions (including contributions made by public contracts) are recorded via the Greening Government commitments (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/greening-government-commitments).
By the end of May 2021, 50 commercial agreements above the threshold of £5m per annum had applied Procurement Policy Notice 06/21, with a total value of £82 billion over the life of those agreements.
Asked by: Baroness Worthington (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the numbers and total values of public contracts covered by (1) the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013, (2) the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, (3) the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016, (4) the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016, and (5) the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011.
Answered by Lord True - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
The Cabinet Office does not hold the data in the manner requested. However, information on the value of contracts anticipated to be covered by the Procurement Bill and the NHS Provider Selection Regime is set out in the Impact Assessment published alongside the Procurement Bill (https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3159/publications)
Details of Government contracts above £10,000, and £25,000 in the wider public sector, should be published on Contracts Finder (https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder).