Asked by: Gordon Henderson (Conservative - Sittingbourne and Sheppey)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Government departments plan to make it a requirement in their procurement processes that potential suppliers meet net zero targets in their global operations by (a) 2045 and (b) 2050.
Answered by Alex Burghart - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
Since October 2021, all Central Government Departments, their ALBs and Non-Departmental Public Bodies have required suppliers bidding for relevant major public procurements (of £5m or more) to commit their UK operations to achieving Net Zero by 2050. This aligns with the UK’s own legally binding Net Zero target.
Feb. 26 2010
Source Page: Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative: Proportion of domestically produced food used by government departments and also supplied to hospitals and prisons under contracts negotiated by NHS. 19 p.Found: Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative: Proportion of domestically produced food used by government
Jun. 20 2011
Source Page: Table showing Department of Health: Small Medium Enterprises (SME) Actions May 2011. 2 p.Found: of Health Arms Length Bodies and the rest of Government.
Mar. 28 2024
Source Page: Steel public procurement 2024Found: Steel public procurement 2024
Correspondence Apr. 22 2024
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: re Treasury Minute response on recommendation 1 of the Committee’s report on Competition in public procurement
Asked by: Lord Kempsell (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to eradicate modern slavery from centrally held procurement supply chains.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
Modern slavery has no place in public supply chains.
We have taken action in the Procurement Act to strengthen the rules around excluding suppliers linked to modern slavery. The current rules require the supplier to have been convicted or there to have been a breach of international treaties banning forced labour, or evidence of grave professional misconduct.
We recognise that modern slavery often occurs in countries which are not party to international treaties on forced labour and which are unlikely to prosecute the perpetrators. Our changes will allow authorities to exclude suppliers and disregard their bids where there is sufficient evidence of modern slavery. This will apply whether or not there has been a conviction or a breach of an international treaty.
The Cabinet Office has also published a Procurement Policy Notice which sets out how UK Government departments must take action to ensure modern slavery risks are identified and managed in government supply chains.
Individual procurements and their contract management of course remain the responsibility of government departments.
May. 30 2024
Source Page: Government procurement card HMT spend greater than £500: January 2024Found: Government procurement card HMT spend greater than £500: January 2024
May. 30 2024
Source Page: Government procurement card HMT spend greater than £500: February 2024Found: Government procurement card HMT spend greater than £500: February 2024
May. 30 2024
Source Page: Government procurement card HMT spend greater than £500: March 2024Found: Government procurement card HMT spend greater than £500: March 2024
Written Evidence May. 28 2024
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: AIG0021 - Use of artificial intelligence in government Startup Coalition Written Evidence