Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 15 July (HL16912), what assessment Her Majesty's High Commissioner to South Africa has made of Bain and Company's consultancy work for the South African Revenue Service; and what recommendations, if any, he has made about its work for Her Majesty's Government.

​The British High Commission regularly reports to the Government on significant developments in South Africa, and is aware of the findings of the Nugent Commission on the work Bain & Company conducted for the South African Revenue Service. Assessments on the probity and quality of work on individual British Government contracts are undertaken on a department by department basis. A British Government department seeking bids for contracts covered by the Public Contracts Regulations would need to follow the rules on exclusions as defined within Regulation 57.