Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contracts the Government holds with Carillion in (a) Wirral and (b) Wallasey; and what the value is of those contracts.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Information on public sector suppliers within a specific constituency is not held centrally.
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contracts the Government holds with Carillion in (a) Wirral and (b) Wallasey; and what the value is of those contracts.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Information on public sector suppliers within a specific constituency is not held centrally.
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effect that changes to procurement rules for Government contracts announced on 30 October 2015 are having on (a) the UK steel industry and (b) the contracts to British steelmakers have been awarded.
Answered by Matt Hancock
We are monitoring take up of the new steel procurement instructions and departments will be required to report back on how they have applied them to their major projects involving steel.
We will also carry out spot check investigations on a sample of projects through our Mystery Shopper service. This will give an indication of how the changes have impactedon both the UK steel industry and the number of contracts awarded to British steelmakers.
The UK steel industry supports this approach.
Asked by: Angela Eagle (Labour - Wallasey)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to promote local procurement targets for public projects; and what guidance he has issued to promote the adoption of the BES 6001 BRE standard in procurement decisions to ensure responsible sourcing of materials.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Following the steel summit held on 16 October, we have set up a working group which I chair to look specifically at the public procurement related issues facing the steel industry, and to drive forward solutions.
This group has representation from government and industry, andamongst the topics for discussion will behow steel standards could be integrated into procurement processes.