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Public Sector: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities on (a) due diligence and (b) vetting procedures for external contractors used for public service delivery.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
21 Jul 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
2 Sept 2025 · 43 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities on (a) due diligence and (b) vetting procedures for external contractors used for public service delivery.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    Local authorities are responsible for the award of contracts in line with the procurement regulations at the time of the award. This would include undertaking due diligence on suppliers as required by those regulations.The government must ensure that ther...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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