Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they submitted (1) a costing note, or (2) a draft scorecard to the Office for Budget Responsibility for the updated versions of (a) the National Procurement Policy Statement, and (b) Procurement Policy Note 002, in accordance with paragraph 2.9 of the Memorandum of understanding between the Office for Budget Responsibility, HM Treasury, the Department for Work & Pensions, and HM Revenue & Customs, published on 9 November 2023.

The National Procurement Policy Statement and Procurement Policy Note 002, as Cabinet Office policies, are not subject to the requirements set out in paragraph 2.9 of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Office for Budget Responsibility, HM Treasury, the Department for Work & Pensions, and HM Revenue & Customs, published on 9 November 2023.

An impact assessment in relation to the Procurement Act and associated reforms was published in May 2022 and can be found at: https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/46429/documents/1767