Asked by: Jerome Mayhew (Conservative - Broadland and Fakenham)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 10 February 2026 to Question 108240 on Government Departments: Aviation, which Minister commissioned a helicopter through the Cabinet Office Central Travel Contract.
Answered by Chris Ward - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Prime Minister’s Office commissioned the helicopter through the Cabinet Office Central Travel Contract.
Ministerial travel is carefully considered to ensure both efficiency and the interests of the taxpayer are prioritised.
While the Cabinet Office can facilitate helicopter travel in exceptional circumstances, routine helicopter journeys for ministers are no longer carried out under this Government.
Asked by: Jerome Mayhew (Conservative - Broadland and Fakenham)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has plans to issue new guidance on social value in procurement.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)
Public procurement is a key lever for enabling delivery of the Government’s missions by using procurement policy to drive economic growth, raise employment standards in business, and achieve additional social value through the life of a contract. The Government’s ‘Plan to Make Work Pay’ sets out an ambitious programme to value organisations that create local jobs, skills and wealth and treat their workers well and equally. Ministers are considering how to take these plans forward.