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Government Departments: Procurement

Question for Cabinet Office

UIN 113733, tabled on 28 January 2022

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2022 to Question 105512 on Government Departments: Procurement, whether his Department has responsibility for the social value of Government spend.

Answered on

2 February 2022

Individual departments are responsible for their own commercial decisions, including the award of contracts.

In 2020, we launched a new model to deliver social value through Government's commercial activities. Central government organisations should use this model to take account of the additional social benefits that can be achieved in the delivery of its contracts, using policy outcomes aligned with this Government’s priorities.

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Cabinet Office
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