Laurence Turner MP: written questions 2025

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Written questions

Wales Office: BidfoodWales OfficeTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26996More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.
Answer: None. The Wales Office does not have any contracts with BFS Group Limited or its subsidiary companies.
Answered 3 Feb 2025
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Scotland Office: BidfoodScotland OfficeTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26995More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.
Answer: The Scotland Office has no contracts with BFS Group Limited or any subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited.
Answered 3 Feb 2025
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Northern Ireland Office: BidfoodNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.
Answer: The Northern Ireland Office does not hold any contracts with BFS Group Limited or subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
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Ministry of Justice: BidfoodMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice holds one contract with BFS Group, under Bidfood, for the supply of food to all public prisons. Details can be found at: Prisoner & Non-Prisoner Food Supply - Contracts Finder.
Answered 3 Feb 2025
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: BidfoodMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.
Answer: Information about contracts awarded by Ministry for Housing Communities and Local Government and its agencies is available on Contracts Finder or Find a Tender Service, as required under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.Details can be found at: https...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
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Ministry of Defence: BidfoodMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.
Answer: Bidfood, a trading division of BFS Group Limited, currently holds a contract for the Supply of UK Deployable Food. No other contracts between the Department and BFS Group Limited or any of its subsidiary companies have been identified.
Answered 3 Feb 2025
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Home Office: BidfoodHome OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.
Answer: Home Office have no direct contractual relationship with this supplier for the core departmental estate.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
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Treasury: BidfoodTreasuryTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26745More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.
Answer: HM Treasury and its executive agencies do not hold any such contracts.Details of government contracts over £10,000 are published on the Contracts Finder website.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: BidfoodForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.
Answer: Based on review of available data held centrally, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) does not have any contracts with the company 'BFS Group Limited' or any of its subsidiaries. There have only been a handful of low-value transitions ...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
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Department of Health and Social Care: BidfoodDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.
Answer: Neither the Department or its executive agencies, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and the UK Health Security Agency, hold any contracts with BFS Group Limited or any of its subsidiary companies.
Answered 3 Feb 2025
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Department for Work and Pensions: BidfoodDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.
Answer: DWP has no contracts listed with (a) BFS Group Limited or (b) any of its known subsidiary companies. Similarly, we have identified no contracts listed between DWP Arm’s Length Bodies with (a) BFS Group Limited or (b) any of its known subsidiary companies.
Answered 3 Feb 2025
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Department for Transport: BidfoodDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26741More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.
Answer: After a review of DfT central’s (DfTc) internal systems, we can confirm no contracts were identified with BFS Group Limited and subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited. Following a commission to DfTc’s Executive Agencies, we can confirm that Driver and ...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: BidfoodDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.
Answer: DSIT and its agencies do not hold any information on contracts with BFS Group Limited and its subsidiary companies.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: BidfoodDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26739More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.
Answer: In response to this question neither Defra of any of its agencies have any contracts with BFS Group or any of its subsidiaries.
Answered 5 Feb 2025
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: BidfoodDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26738More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.
Answer: DESNZ and its agencies do not hold any information on contracts with BFS Group Limited and its subsidiary companies.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
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Department for Education: BidfoodDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26737More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.
Answer: Following a search of the department's contract records for any supplier with “BFS Group Limited” in its name, it has been concluded that there are no live or historical contracts with that supplier.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport: BidfoodDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26736More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.
Answer: All Government Awarded contracts are published on Contracts Finder (for awarded contracts above £12,000) and Find a Tender services for above threshold contracts.Details can be found at https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder and https://www.find-tender.servi...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
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Department for Business and Trade: BidfoodDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26735More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.
Answer: I can confirm that the Department does not hold any contracts with BFS Group ltd or any of its subsidiary companies. Likewise, the Department’s agencies also do not have any direct contracts with the company or its subsidiaries.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
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Cabinet Office: BidfoodCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26734More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department or (ii) agencies of his Department.
Answer: The Cabinet Office (CO) and its agencies have no record of any contracts awarded to BFS Group Limited, or its subsidiaries.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
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Attorney General's Office: BidfoodAttorney GeneralTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26733More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.
Answer: The Attorney General’s Office and Law Officers’ Departments (the Crown Prosecution Service, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, Serious Fraud Office, and Government Legal Department) do not hold any contracts with BFS Group Limited or with subsidia...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
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Great British Railways: StaffDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26651More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Q16 of the oral evidence given by the Chair of Shadow Great British Railways to the Transport Select Committee on 22 January 2025, HC 554, how many people work in GBRX/Great British Railways I
Answer: GBRX at present has a core team of 10 people, all of whom are full time.
Answered 30 Jan 2025
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Great British Railways: StaffDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people work in the Great British Railways Transition Team on (a) headcount and (b) full-time equivalent basis.
Answer: The Great British Railways Transition Team, including resource for the Fares, Ticketing and Retail programme, currently has a headcount of 235 staff. This equates to 228.9 full-time equivalent.
Answered 30 Jan 2025
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Shadow Great British RailwaysDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Q9 of the oral evidence given by the Chair of Shadow Great British Railways to the Transport Select Committee on 22 January 2025, HC 554, when her Department expects to publish Shadow Great Br
Answer: Officials are working with Shadow Great British Railways to set out and agree what their organisations will deliver both individually and collectively to make a difference for rail customers ahead of the creation of Great British Railways. The Department ...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
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Immigration: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will allow Ukrainian citizens who have resided in the UK for four years the ability to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain.
Answer: This Government stands with Ukraine and is committed to providing stability for those we have welcomed to the UK and those who still need our sanctuary.To provide future certainty to those who have been provided with sanctuary in the UK under the existing...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
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Keep Britain Working ReviewDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25526More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 86 on page 31 of her Department's White Paper entitled Get Britain Working, published on 26 November 2024, whether the remit of the independent review into the role of UK emp
Answer: The scope of the review is set out in the Keep Britain Working Terms of Reference which will be published on Gov.Uk on 24 January 2025. The review will consider evidence from a variety of sources and it will be for the review lead, Sir Charlie Mayfield, t...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
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