Question follow-through · 16246
Government Departments: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who are employed to deliver public services by private sector organisations that have been contracted for this purpose by Government Departments.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 26 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 29 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 2 Dec 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who are employed to deliver public services by private sector organisations that have been contracted for this purpose by Government Departments.
29 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Cabinet Office does not hold information on the estimated number of people employed by private sector organisations contracted by Government Departments to deliver public services. Individual departments are responsible for managing their contracts in...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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