Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many contracts (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies (i) have let and (ii) plan to let that are worth (A) between £1 million and £3 million and (B) over £3 million since 2010; how much his Department has spent on monitoring each such contract; and how many officials in his Department monitor each contract.
Contracts let in the core department and non-departmental public bodies for which information is available centrally are summarised in the table below.
Number of Contracts | £1 to £3m let | Over £3m let | £1 to £3m planning to let | Over £3m planning to let |
Department of Energy and Climate Change | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority | 7 | 8 | 9* | 3* |
Committee on Climate Change | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Coal Authority | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Civil Nuclear Police | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
* The NDA Procurement Plan includes contracts that could be removed at any period as unrequired services
The information requesting how much his Department has spent on monitoring each such contract; and how many officials in his Department monitor each contract is not held centrally and can only be provided at disproportionate cost. The Department of Energy and Climate Change has devolved procurement so that units within the Department monitor their own contracts.