Question follow-through · 65290

Serco: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department maintains a centralised record of contract performance issues relating to Serco.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
7 Jul 2025
Target answer date
10 Jul 2025
Answer
14 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department maintains a centralised record of contract performance issues relating to Serco.

  2. 10 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The government has taken significant steps to increase transparency in the delivery of public services. Cabinet Office regularly publish a list of the most significant contracts held by central government on Gov.uk. This list includes up to four Key Perfo...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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