Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.

Answered by Andrew Western - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

DWP has no contracts listed with (a) BFS Group Limited or (b) any of its known subsidiary companies.

Similarly, we have identified no contracts listed between DWP Arm’s Length Bodies with (a) BFS Group Limited or (b) any of its known subsidiary companies.

Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.

Answered by Kirsty McNeill - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Scotland Office)

The Scotland Office has no contracts with BFS Group Limited or any subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.

Answered by Catherine West - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Based on review of available data held centrally, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) does not have any contracts with the company 'BFS Group Limited' or any of its subsidiaries. There have only been a handful of low-value transitions with the vendor across the FCDO network: totalling less than £15,000 from April 2023 onwards. The FCDO does not hold data on behalf of our agencies and so the member will need to engage with them directly for confirmation.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Neither the Department or its executive agencies, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and the UK Health Security Agency, hold any contracts with BFS Group Limited or any of its subsidiary companies.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.

Answered by Maria Eagle - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

Bidfood, a trading division of BFS Group Limited, currently holds a contract for the Supply of UK Deployable Food. No other contracts between the Department and BFS Group Limited or any of its subsidiary companies have been identified.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice holds one contract with BFS Group, under Bidfood, for the supply of food to all public prisons. Details can be found at: Prisoner & Non-Prisoner Food Supply - Contracts Finder.

Question to the Wales Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.

Answered by Jo Stevens - Secretary of State for Wales

None. The Wales Office does not have any contracts with BFS Group Limited or its subsidiary companies.

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.

Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

All Government Awarded contracts are published on Contracts Finder (for awarded contracts above £12,000) and Find a Tender services for above threshold contracts.

Details can be found at https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder and https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Search.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 98 of the Education and Skills Funding Agency's publication entitled Annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024, published on 29 July 2024, if she will break down the table entitled Financial outcomes: error / suspected fraud by (a) academy trusts, (b) further education colleges and (c) independent training providers.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education)

The information requested can be found in the attached table.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people work in the Great British Railways Transition Team on (a) headcount and (b) full-time equivalent basis.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Great British Railways Transition Team, including resource for the Fares, Ticketing and Retail programme, currently has a headcount of 235 staff. This equates to 228.9 full-time equivalent.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Q9 of the oral evidence given by the Chair of Shadow Great British Railways to the Transport Select Committee on 22 January 2025, HC 554, when her Department expects to publish Shadow Great British Railways' delivery plan.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Officials are working with Shadow Great British Railways to set out and agree what their organisations will deliver both individually and collectively to make a difference for rail customers ahead of the creation of Great British Railways. The Department intends to publish these plans in the Spring.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Q16 of the oral evidence given by the Chair of Shadow Great British Railways to the Transport Select Committee on 22 January 2025, HC 554, how many people work in GBRX/Great British Railways Innovation (a) by headcount and (b) on a full-time equivalent basis.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

GBRX at present has a core team of 10 people, all of whom are full time.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will allow Ukrainian citizens who have resided in the UK for four years the ability to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain.

Answered by Seema Malhotra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)

This Government stands with Ukraine and is committed to providing stability for those we have welcomed to the UK and those who still need our sanctuary.

To provide future certainty to those who have been provided with sanctuary in the UK under the existing Ukraine schemes, the government will be introducing a bespoke Ukraine Permission Extension (UPE) scheme, which will open to applications on 4 February 2025. This will allow those with existing sanctuary to apply for a further 18 months permission to remain in the UK, giving them the same rights and entitlements as they have been given under the existing Ukraine Schemes.

The Ukrainian government have been clear about their strong desire for the future return of its citizens to help rebuild Ukraine when it is safe to do so. It is important that our approach respects these wishes.

We will, of course, continue to keep the Ukraine Schemes under consistent review in line with developments in the ongoing war.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.

Answered by Mike Kane - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.

Answered by Michael Shanks - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

DESNZ and its agencies do not hold any information on contracts with BFS Group Limited and its subsidiary companies.

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.

Answered by Feryal Clark - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

DSIT and its agencies do not hold any information on contracts with BFS Group Limited and its subsidiary companies.

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)

I can confirm that the Department does not hold any contracts with BFS Group ltd or any of its subsidiary companies. Likewise, the Department’s agencies also do not have any direct contracts with the company or its subsidiaries.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department or (ii) agencies of his Department.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The Cabinet Office (CO) and its agencies have no record of any contracts awarded to BFS Group Limited, or its subsidiaries.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.

Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Home Office)

Home Office have no direct contractual relationship with this supplier for the core departmental estate.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.

Answered by James Murray - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

HM Treasury and its executive agencies do not hold any such contracts.

Details of government contracts over £10,000 are published on the Contracts Finder website.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.

Answered by Janet Daby - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

Following a search of the department's contract records for any supplier with “BFS Group Limited” in its name, it has been concluded that there are no live or historical contracts with that supplier.

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.

Answered by Hilary Benn - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

The Northern Ireland Office does not hold any contracts with BFS Group Limited or subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited.

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Solicitor General, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.

Answered by Lucy Rigby - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)

The Attorney General’s Office and Law Officers’ Departments (the Crown Prosecution Service, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, Serious Fraud Office, and Government Legal Department) do not hold any contracts with BFS Group Limited or with subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

In response to this question neither Defra of any of its agencies have any contracts with BFS Group or any of its subsidiaries.

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