Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of the should-cost model or equivalent in-house delivery estimate used to inform the decision to outsource each of the five highest-value outsourcing contracts awarded by central government since the start of the 2022–23 financial year.

Under the Procurement Act 2023, central government departments are required to publish a pipeline notice which sets out what they are intending to procure over an eighteen month period- this will cover the re-procurement of some current services. This is available in the public domain on the Central Digital Platform Find a Tender service. The Cabinet Office does not hold this information centrally beyond what is set out on the platform.

The Cabinet Office does not centrally collate all delivery assessments that inform the decision to outsource the highest-value contracts awarded by central government.