Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the total number of procurement frameworks currently in use across the public sector.

​Information is not centrally held by the Cabinet Office on the total number of procurement frameworks currently in use across the public sector.

Crown Commercial Service (CCS) analysis suggests there are approximately 2,275 frameworks in the public sector that compete with CCS agreements.

Under the Transforming Public Procurement reforms, there will be a requirement to register procurement frameworks on the central Transparency Platform. This will enhance transparency and provide greater visibility of frameworks in operation.