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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October 2017 to Question 109191, on Big Ben: iron and steel, whether the Government plans to extend the provisions of the Social Value Act 2012 to ensure that central government contracts have an area of interest defined as the UK.

The Office for Civil Society is responsible for Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012. Currently there are no plans to extend the reach of the act, but we are taking steps to encourage uptake and will invite input on the topic of social value as part of the Civil Society Strategy announced last week.