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Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Department for Business and Trade

Jul. 19 2023

Source Page: New transparency over resilience and assurance for big business
Document: New transparency over resilience and assurance for big business (webpage)

Found: respond to lessons learned from major and sudden corporate collapses in recent years, including that of Carillion


Select Committee
Twentieth Report - Monitoring and responding to companies in distress

Report Mar. 13 2024

Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: Examples of interventions examined by this Committee range from Carillion to Northern Rock, to community


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 30 Nov 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Mark Pawsey (Con - Rugby) Business collapses such as that of Wilko, Carillion, Thomas Cook and Patisserie Valerie have been a consequence - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Post-legislative Scrutiny) - Wed 07 Feb 2024

Mentions:
1: None However, the collapse of Carillion shows what issues can arise for small businesses when they become - Speech Link


Select Committee
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Twentieth report from Session 2023-24

Government Response May. 28 2024

Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: In addition, government interventions are often scrutinised by Parliament, such as the inquiries on Carillion


Select Committee
Legal and General Group Plc, University of Sheffield, Fraud Advisory Panel, and The Investment Association

Oral Evidence Mar. 26 2024

Committee: Business and Trade Committee (Department: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Found: It was the same at Carillion—again, I was an adviser to the Work and Pensions Committee, and it is the


Select Committee
GlobalData, Stevens and Bolton, GMB, and City University

Oral Evidence Nov. 28 2023

Committee: Business and Trade Committee (Department: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Found: When we look back at BHS in 2016, Carillion, Patisserie Valerie, London Capital & Finance, Thomas Cook


Select Committee
Letter from the Chief Executive, Uk Government Investments to the Chair relating to The work of UKGI- Follow up to the hearing on 6 Feburary 24, dated 21 February 2024

Correspondence Mar. 15 2024

Committee: Treasury Committee (Department: HM Treasury)

Found: Year of intervention Company name Sector Main government interventions UKGI advice 2018 Carillion


Commons Chamber
Procurement Bill [Lords]
Report stage - Tue 13 Jun 2023
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: None Some Members will recall the collapse of the construction firm Carillion back in 2018. - Speech Link
2: None A total of £2 billion was owed by Carillion to its suppliers. - Speech Link
3: None It has been estimated that £800 million of subcontractor retentions were lost in the Carillion collapse - Speech Link


National Audit Office
Business and industry - Oct. 27 2023
Lessons learned: Monitoring and responding to companies in distress (PDF)

Found: In examples such as Carillion, CF Fertilisers and UKCloud, this meant that no single department had