Question follow-through · 14278
Public Sector: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of procurement policy in reducing dependency on high-risk foreign suppliers in critical sectors.
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
- 29 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jul 2026 · 2 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of procurement policy in reducing dependency on high-risk foreign suppliers in critical sectors.
1 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Jul 2026
Answer published
This Government believes that it matters where things are made and who makes them.The Government has recently published new guidance on using national security exemptions within the Procurement Act 2023 for four initial pathfinder sectors: steel, shipbuil...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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