Question follow-through · 124264
Government Departments: Contracts
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what consideration is given to disqualifying companies fined for non compliance for paying the national minimum wage when awarding Government contracts.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 26 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 16 Apr 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
26 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what consideration is given to disqualifying companies fined for non compliance for paying the national minimum wage when awarding Government contracts.
16 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Apr 2026
Answer published
Non compliance with paying the national minimum wage is unacceptable and has no place in government contracts or in wider society. The Procurement Act 2023 provides contracting authorities with strong powers to exclude suppliers from public procurements w...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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