Question follow-through · 34257

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what training programmes his Department has put in place to help procurement officials navigate the (a) recently updated National Procurement Policy Statement and the (b) Employment Rights Bill.

answeredCabinet Office

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Cabinet Office
Tabled
27 Feb 2025
Target answer date
5 Mar 2025
Answer
10 Mar 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 27 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what training programmes his Department has put in place to help procurement officials navigate the (a) recently updated National Procurement Policy Statement and the (b) Employment Rights Bill.

  2. 5 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Contracting authorities must have regard to the NPPS when undertaking their procurement activities, as set out in the Procurement Act 2023. An Impact Assessment in relation to the Procurement Act was published in May 2022 and can be found at https://bills...

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