Joe Robertson MP: written questions 2025
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Transport: InfrastructureDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many infrastructure contracts awarded by her Department have included mandatory collective bargaining clauses since 5 July 2024.
Answer: There are no infrastructure contracts awarded by the Department since 5 July 2024 that have included mandatory collective bargaining clauses.
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: ContractsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many public contracts awarded by his Department since 5 July 2024 have required suppliers to recognise trade unions as a condition of contract award.
Answer: I refer the member for Isle of Wight East to the answer I provided to UIN 34002 on 4 March 2025.
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: ContractsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38903More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what proportion of contracts awarded by his Department have been to British SMEs since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The Department of Business and Trade has awarded and published 185 contracts over £10,000 ex VAT since 5 July 2024; 52 (28%) of which were to UK based SMEs.
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: EqualityDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38902More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any procurement contracts awarded by her Department have included mandatory commitments to equality, diversity, and inclusion training since 5 July 2024.
Answer: In accordance with government commercial policy, the department uses centrally maintained frameworks provided by Crown Commercial Service and otherwise uses the suite of standard contracts maintained by Cabinet Office, for the majority of contracts. These...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: ContractsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38901More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether any contracts awarded by his Department have included diversity quotas since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The Department has not included diversity quotas in any contracts awarded by the Department since 5 July 2024.
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: ProcurementMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has adopted trade union representation requirements in procurement processes since July 2024.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 33868 on 3 March 2025.
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38899More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the National Procurement Policy Statement, published on 13 February 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) that Statement and (b) the Employment Rights Bill on public
Answer: The National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS) sets out our vision for public procurement unlocking the full potential of the £400 billion spent annually on public procurement to drive sustainable economic growth and maximise social value to support mis...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38897More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the National Procurement Policy Statement, published on 13 February 2025, what estimate he has made of the cost for contracting authorities of implementing (a) that Statement and (b) the Employ
Answer: The National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS) sets out our vision for public procurement unlocking the full potential of the £400 billion spent annually on public procurement to drive sustainable economic growth and maximise social value to support mis...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38895More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the National Procurement Policy Statement, published on 13 February 2025, what steps he is taking to monitor the potential impact of the (a) National Procurement Policy Statement and (b) Employ
Answer: The National Procurement Policy Statement supports Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSEs), giving them greater opportunities to win public contracts by instructing contracting authorities to maximi...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38892More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the National Procurement Policy Statement published on 13 February 2025, what steps the Government has taken to support small-to-medium-sized businesses to adapt to new procurement processes.
Answer: The National Procurement Policy Statement supports Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSEs), giving them greater opportunities to win public contracts by instructing contracting authorities to maximi...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38890More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the National Procurement Policy Statement, published on 13 February 2025, what guidance he has issued to contracting authorities on the (a) National Procurement Policy Statement’s procurement p
Answer: The National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS) sets out our vision for public procurement unlocking the full potential of the £400 billion spent annually on public procurement to drive sustainable economic growth and maximise social value to support mis...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38889More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the National Procurement Policy Statement, published on 13 February 2025, what steps he is taking to ensure that enhanced procurement obligations do not increase public spending.
Answer: The National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS) sets out our vision for public procurement unlocking the full potential of the £400 billion spent annually on public procurement to drive sustainable economic growth and maximise social value to support mis...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38882More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many public contracts awarded by his Department have been subject to investigations for (a) fraud and (b) corruption since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The Government takes any allegations of fraud and corruption very seriously. 5 contracts have been referred to the Cabinet Office Assurance, Compliance and Counter Fraud Team for consideration of allegations of fraud or corruption.
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38881More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many suppliers have been excluded from public contracts for failing to meet environmental procurement criteria since 5 July 2024.
Answer: For contracts awarded under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, which was established by the previous government, exclusions information is not collated centrally. However, the Procurement Act 2023 (which came into effect on 24 February 2025) introduce...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38879More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many procurement contracts awarded by his Department have been terminated due to non-performance since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Cabinet Office has previously not kept a central record of contracts terminated due to non-performance. When contracts awarded under the Procurement Act 2023 (which came into force 24 February 2025) come to an end, the Contracting Authority must publish a...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38878More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many procurement contracts awarded by his Department have been awarded without competitive tendering since 5 July 2024.
Answer: It is Cabinet Office policy to publish contracts with a value of over £10,000 on Contracts Finder within 30 days of contract award. The Contract Notices published on Contracts Finder between 5 July 2024 and the present date include information on Procedur...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38877More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many public contracts awarded by his Department have been awarded to companies with offshore tax arrangements since 5 July 2024.
Answer: From 1 April 2013, suppliers bidding for contracts over £5million must provide details about its tax returns, including whether tax returns submitted on or after 1 October 2012 have given rise to a criminal conviction for tax related offences which is uns...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38876More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many public contracts awarded by the Crown Commercial Service have included mandatory commitments to publish suppliers’ gender and ethnicity pay gaps since 5 July 2024.
Answer: I refer the honourable member to the answer given on 3 March 2025 in response to question 34005.
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38875More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of procurement training for his Department has been delivered by organisations affiliated with trade unions since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Information on supplier organisations’ affiliations with trade unions is not held.
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38874More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many public procurement contracts issued by the Crown Commercial Service have included mandatory commitments to trade union recognition since July 2024.
Answer: I refer the honourable member to the answer given on 3 March 2025 in response to question 33867.
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAlzheimer's Disease: TomographyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36986More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the availability of (a) CT and (b) MRI scans for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease.
Answer: The Government is committed to transforming diagnostic services and will support the National Health Service to increase diagnostic capacity to meet the demand for diagnostic services through investment in new capacity, including magnetic resonance imagin...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDementiaDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36984More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle dementia cases which could be (a) prevented and (b) delayed by addressing modifiable risk factors.
Answer: For most people, their local general practice surgery is the first port of call when a health problem starts, so excellent primary care is the key to unlocking timely diagnosis of progressive health conditions like dementia.The NHS Health Check aims to pr...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36982More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the NHS Health Check digitisation (a) reaches all communities equitably and (b) does not exacerbate health inequalities for dementia.
Answer: The NHS Health Check Online service is being developed to improve access and engagement with the cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention programme by enabling people to take a check at home, at a time convenient to them. The digital service will complemen...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDementia: Diagnosis and Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36980More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) expand capacity in dementia diagnostics and (b) facilitate access to new dementia treatments when available.
Answer: The Government is committed to transforming diagnostic services and will support the National Health Service to increase diagnostic capacity to meet the demand for diagnostic services through investment in new capacity, including magnetic resonance imagin...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDementia: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36977More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) pilot and (b) support the adoption of new diagnostic tools for dementia (i) including blood tests and (ii) generally.
Answer: The Government is committed to transforming diagnostic services and will support the National Health Service to increase diagnostic capacity to meet the demand for diagnostic services through investment in new capacity, including magnetic resonance imagin...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
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