Asked by: Katie Lam (Conservative - Weald of Kent)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of her Department's suppliers for (a) ICT (b) stationery and (c) office furniture are (i) supplied by UK businesses and (ii) manufactured in the UK.
Answered by Andrew Western - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
how many and what proportion of her Department's suppliers for:
(a) ICT (i) supplied by UK businesses and (ii) manufactured in the UK
The information requested is not collected centrally. Providing an answer to this element of the question would incur disproportionate cost.
(b) stationery (i) supplied by UK businesses and (ii) manufactured in the UK
DWP’s contract for office products has been procured through the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Office Solutions Framework RM6299; further information can be found here: Office Solutions - CCS
DWP has 1 UK based supplier for all our stationery requirements. There is no specific requirement or metric with which we record the country of manufacture for each individual stationery item procured.
(c) office furniture (i) supplied by UK businesses and (ii) manufactured in the UK
We currently have two furniture suppliers in contract, with DWP Senator Group and Bates Office Services. Both are UK based.
Senator Group fully manufacturer all products within their UK site. Bates office services utilise a combined sourcing approach to manufacturing where in products are partially manufactured in the UK and partially sourced from outside the UK.
The furniture is purchased via procurement from CCS frameworks, and all Office furniture meets the Government hub standards and Includes supply, delivery, and installation.
More broadly, the Government is committed to supporting British businesses and the products they produce, ensuring they have the best opportunities to win UK public contracts and deliver high-quality goods and services.
Cabinet Office are consulting on a package of further reforms to public procurement to support the Government’s Industrial Strategy.
Asked by: Katie Lam (Conservative - Weald of Kent)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of her Department’s (a) ICT (b) stationery and (c) office furniture suppliers are (i) supplied by UK businesses and (ii) manufactured in the UK.
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The Government is committed to supporting British business and the products they produce, ensuring they have the best opportunities to win UK public contracts and deliver high-quality goods and services.
Cabinet Office is consulting on a package of further reforms to public procurement to support the Government’s Industrial Strategy.
The Government maintains robust standards across a range of categories on spend and are set out by the Government Buying Standards.
The Ministry of Justice holds one contract for stationary provisions, with the awarded supplier of Banner (UK based), and two contracts for furniture provision, with the awarded supplier of both contracts, Senator International Limited (UK Based).
The Department has 181 unique suppliers of ICT services. 165 of these suppliers are registered as UK based.
The information requested on what proportion is manufactured in the UK is not held centrally.
Asked by: Katie Lam (Conservative - Weald of Kent)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, from which countries his Department has sourced (a) pulp and (b) finished paper for (i) official stationery and (ii) other printed materials.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The Government is committed to supporting British businesses and the products they produce, ensuring they have the best opportunities to win UK public contracts and deliver high-quality goods and services.
Cabinet Office are consulting on a package of further reforms to public procurement to support the Government’s Industrial Strategy.
The Government maintains robust standards across a range of categories of spend, these are set out by the Government Buying Standards, including for Paper & paper products. Furthermore, the Government has also implemented a Timber Procurement Policy to ensure that only timber and wood-derived products (including paper) originating from an independently verifiable Legal and Sustainable source will be used on the Government estate.
Asked by: Katie Lam (Conservative - Weald of Kent)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the procurement of British-made office products and stationery by (a) his Department and (b) its arms-length bodies.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The Government is committed to supporting British businesses and the products they produce, ensuring they have the best opportunities to win UK public contracts and deliver high-quality goods and services.
The Cabinet Office are consulting on a package of further reforms to public procurement to support the Government’s Industrial Strategy.
The Government maintains robust standards across a range of categories of spend, these are set out by the Government Buying Standards (GBS). e.g. Furniture, Office ICT, and Paper & paper products
Asked by: Katie Lam (Conservative - Weald of Kent)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of his Department's (a) ICT (b) stationery and (c) office furniture suppliers are (i) supplied by UK businesses and (ii) manufactured in the UK.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The Government is committed to supporting British businesses and the products they produce, ensuring they have the best opportunities to win UK public contracts and deliver high-quality goods and services.
The Cabinet Office are consulting on a package of further reforms to public procurement to support the Government’s Industrial Strategy.
The Government maintains robust standards across a range of categories of spend, these are set out by the Government Buying Standards (GBS). e.g. Furniture, Office ICT, and Paper & paper products
Asked by: Katie Lam (Conservative - Weald of Kent)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of her Department’s (a) ICT (b) stationery and (c) office furniture suppliers are (i) supplied by UK businesses and (ii) manufactured in the UK.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office does not collect data at this level of granularity and the information would only be available at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Katie Lam (Conservative - Weald of Kent)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from which countries her Department has sourced (a) pulp and (b) finished paper for (i) official stationery and (ii) other printed materials.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office does not collect data at this level of granularity and the information would only be available at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Katie Lam (Conservative - Weald of Kent)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to encourage the procurement of British-made office products and stationery by (a) the Department and (b) its arms-length bodies.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)
Office stationery products are primarily purchased through HO catalogue contract with Banner, a UK based stockist and distributor. The contract focuses on security of supply, catalogue/stock management and reducing the environmental impact of the goods and services whilst maintaining the best value for money. Other ancillary stationary products are purchased through Unite, category specific contracts or sourced low level below threshold purchases.