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Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made any assessment of the implications for UK procurement policy of senior foreign political figures holding investments in companies supplying sensitive UK public sector systems.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
20 May 2026
Target answer date
1 Jun 2026
Answer
2 Jun 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 20 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made any assessment of the implications for UK procurement policy of senior foreign political figures holding investments in companies supplying sensitive UK public sector systems.

  2. 1 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The Government takes threats to UK national security in relation to public contracts seriously.Under the Procurement Act 2023, contracting authorities must undertake due diligence to ensure suppliers do not pose particular risks. The Act enables the exclu...

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