Question follow-through · 59799
Government Departments: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many government contracts have been awarded without competitive tender since January 2023.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 13 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jun 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many government contracts have been awarded without competitive tender since January 2023.
17 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jun 2025
Answer published
Details of central government contracts above £12,000 for procurements commenced before 24 February 2025 are published on Contracts Finder (https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder). Contracts procured under the Procurement Act 2023 above £12,000 inc VAT are p...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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