Question follow-through · 105252

Government People Group: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for government’s most important contracts, Data for July to September 2025, published on 25 December 2025, for what reason the Government People Group PeopleScout

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Answering body: Cabinet Office
Tabled: 13 Jan 2026
Target answer date: 15 Jan 2026
Answer: 21 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

13 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for government’s most important contracts, Data for July to September 2025, published on 25 December 2025, for what reason the Government People Group PeopleScout
15 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jan 2026
Answer published
The process was designed and implemented to improve operational efficiency. Through streamlining our commissioning and invoicing approach we have demonstrated our continuous improvement ambition for effective contract management.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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