Question follow-through · 109394
Buses: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the scope within current procurement and trade obligations for contracting authorities to weight social value criteria to support UK jobs and supply chains in pub
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 28 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 27 Feb 2026 · 30 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the scope within current procurement and trade obligations for contracting authorities to weight social value criteria to support UK jobs and supply chains in pub
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Feb 2026
Answer published
Through the work with the UK Bus Manufacturing Expert Panel my department is currently seeking agreement to implement a minimum weighting for social value to be considered when undergoing bus procurement.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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