Question follow-through · 28665
Government Departments: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the Cabinet Office has made of the average cost to businesses of preparing social value responses when bidding for central government contracts under the Social Value Model set out in Procurement P
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
- 9 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 21 Sept 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the Cabinet Office has made of the average cost to businesses of preparing social value responses when bidding for central government contracts under the Social Value Model set out in Procurement P
15 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Cabinet Office regularly engages with suppliers and industry bodies to seek their feedback on potential burdens when developing procurement policy.
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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