Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was spent on consultants across Government Departments in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
Consultancy spend across government is not centrally held and is held by each department.
Cabinet Office spend on consultants is published in the Annual Reports and Accounts which are available on gov.uk.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on consultants in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
Consultancy spend across government is not centrally held and is held by each department.
Cabinet Office spend on consultants is published in the Annual Reports and Accounts which are available on gov.uk.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to encourage the Government Property Agency to develop plans to insource facilities management services when contracts expire.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Government Property Agency’s current contracts, which cover nearly 90 Buildings across the current government estate, commenced on 1st November 2023 for a minimum period of 5 years.
The Government Property Agency will consider all options for delivery when planning for the next generation of government contracts, including insourcing.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had recent discussions with civil service trade unions on the procurement of facilities management services.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
The Cabinet Office holds frequent discussions with Civil Service trade unions on a number of topics. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster held introductory meetings with the General Secretaries of the FDA, Prospect and PCS unions recently where they discussed a range of issues.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria will his Department use to measure social value when undertaking procurement rounds.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
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, 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.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) the Prime Minister and (b) officials in Downing Street have had recent discussions with representatives of Fleetwood Strategy on the NHS.
Answered by Alex Burghart - Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations on official government business are routinely published on the gov.uk website. Party political discussions are a matter for the Conservative Party.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many drinks receptions were held in 10 Downing Street in each of the last three years.
Answered by Alex Burghart - Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Details of official receptions are published in quarterly transparency returns on gov.uk.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Prime Minister's Office spent on hospitality in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
Answered by Alex Burghart - Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office and as such their data is included within the Cabinet Office data.
I refer the Honourable Member to PQ 191749. We do not routinely publish departmental wide hospitality data, as has been the case under successive administrations. All Business Units within the Cabinet Office have a responsibility to keep official hospitality costs as low as possible and demonstrate good value for money.
Details of ministerial and senior official hospitality are published on a quarterly basis, and are available on GOV.UK.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much their Department spent on hospitality in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
Answered by Alex Burghart - Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office and as such their data is included within the Cabinet Office data.
I refer the Honourable Member to PQ 191749. We do not routinely publish departmental wide hospitality data, as has been the case under successive administrations. All Business Units within the Cabinet Office have a responsibility to keep official hospitality costs as low as possible and demonstrate good value for money.
Details of ministerial and senior official hospitality are published on a quarterly basis, and are available on GOV.UK.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much from the public purse his Office has spent on hospitality since 25 October 2022.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 24 November 2022, Official Report, PQ 95960.