Question follow-through · 29890
Government Departments: Contracts
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department plans to take to enable the government to break with outsourced government contracts in the case where the desired outcomes are not delivered.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 7 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 17 Feb 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department plans to take to enable the government to break with outsourced government contracts in the case where the desired outcomes are not delivered.
11 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Feb 2025
Answer published
The National Procurement Policy Statement will set out the Government’s policy priorities, and contracting authorities will have to have regard to it when carrying out procurements. The Policy Statement will consult on introducing a new public interest te...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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