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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the guidance, PPN 024 - The Public Interest Test and Insourcing Strategy, published on 17 June 2026, what are the type of public interest considerations that would be deemed appropriate to justify insourcing.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the guidance, PPN 024 - The Public Interest Test and Insourcing Strategy, published on 17 June 2026, what are the type of public interest considerations that would be deemed appropriate to justify insourcing.
This Government was elected with a mandate to deliver the largest wave of insourcing in a generation. The Public Interest Test (PIT) is a key step in achieving this. It will mean rebuilding in-house capacity and it will enable decision makers to holistically assess long-term value for taxpayer money, service quality, and broader economic and social goals when making sourcing decisions.
A robust PIT assessment will consider whole-life costs, local investment, and organisational resilience as core components of the appraisal. By understanding the long-term benefits of a stable, in-house workforce and the impact of direct public investment, practitioners can ensure that delivery decisions reflect the true value provided to the public.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the written statement of 17 June 2026, HCWS120, on Update of Insourcing, what the cost is of the contracts relating to the 83 government buildings that expire in 2028.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the written statement of 17 June 2026, HCWS120, on Update of Insourcing, what the cost is of the contracts relating to the 83 government buildings that expire in 2028.
The published contract award value for the 11 contracts covering the 83 buildings is £477m, the contracts were awarded in 2022 and began in September / October 2023. The end of the initial term is October 2028.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the written statement of 17 June 2026, HCWS120, on Update of Insourcing, what the baseline level of outsourcing across departments is; and what estimate he has made of changes to administrative and running costs from increased insourcing.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the written statement of 17 June 2026, HCWS120, on Update of Insourcing, what the baseline level of outsourcing across departments is; and what estimate he has made of changes to administrative and running costs from increased insourcing.
This Labour Government is committed to delivering the biggest wave of insourcing of public services in a generation, ending outsourcing by default.
On 17 June, the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, the Chancellor and I introduced a new Public Interest Test. From April 2027, departments will assess whether a service can be better delivered in-house before any outsourcing decision is made. This will apply to service contracts of £1 million and above with some limited exceptions for specific types of contracts. Departments will also publish insourcing strategies setting out their medium term plans to deliver services in-house.
It is for contracting authorities to assess the value for money case for insourcing specific services on a case by case basis.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department has issued to other departments on assessing the tax conduct of suppliers when awarding public contracts.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department has issued to other departments on assessing the tax conduct of suppliers when awarding public contracts.
The Procurement Act 2023 sets out exclusion grounds to prevent suppliers who are guilty of tax evasion from bidding for public contracts. Under these provisions, public authorities must disregard bids from these suppliers where the circumstances giving rise to the misconduct are continuing or likely to occur again.
To support contracting authorities, the Cabinet Office has published guidance on the exclusions regime and the Procurement Specific Questionnaire template that can be used to collect relevant exclusions and debarment information before awarding a contract.
My Hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary (Chris Ward MP) has today made the following statement:
A priority for this Government is reforming procurement and how we deliver our public services. For too long, successive governments have been, at best, ambivalent about whether services are delivered in-house and, at worst, have maintained...
My Hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary (Chris Ward MP) has today made the following statement:
A priority for this Government is reforming procurement and how we deliver our public services. For too long, successive governments have been, at best, ambivalent about whether services are delivered in-house and, at worst, have maintained...
A priority for this Government is reforming procurement and how we deliver our public services. For too long, successive governments have been, at best, ambivalent about whether services are delivered in-house and, at worst, have maintained a policy that is essentially ‘outsourcing by default’.
We are drawing a line under that...
A priority for this Government is reforming procurement and how we deliver our public services. For too long, successive governments have been, at best, ambivalent about whether services are delivered in-house and, at worst, have maintained a policy that is essentially ‘outsourcing by default’.
We are drawing a line under that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many bids were accepted for the contract to provide up to 10,000 sets of protective body armour for prison officers; and whether any provider of new sets of protective body armour for prison officers has previously provided similar equipment for use...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many bids were accepted for the contract to provide up to 10,000 sets of protective body armour for prison officers; and whether any provider of new sets of protective body armour for prison officers has previously provided similar equipment for use...
The Ministry of Justice has awarded a contract to Safariland UK LTD for 6,250 sets of Body Armour for Prison Officers. The Ministry of Justice received two bids from suppliers and accepted one.
This contract was tendered via a Bluelight Commercial Framework. This initial opportunity for this Framework was published by BlueLight Commercial on 8 July 2022 [Provision of General Patrol and Firearms Body Armour - Find a Tender] and then awarded on 16 March 2023 [Provision of General Patrol and Firearms Body Armour - Find a Tender]. The Ministry of Justice, following Cabinet Office guidelines to utilise frameworks where appropriate, conducted a further competition via this framework and subsequently published the award on 22 January 2026 [Supply of Protective Body Armour - Find a Tender].
The Bluelight Framework at the initial opportunity was available for all the market to bid for, so therefore open. The Ministry of Justice has followed all the guidelines and published notices in accordance with the regulations. The process was effective as Frameworks offer the shortest route to contract award and in line with Cabinet Office policy.
The requirements of the body armour for prison officers are ballistic, knife and spike and the product sourced meets the Home Office Standard [Body armour standard 2017: [CAST Publication number: 012/17 Body armour standard 2017 - GOV.UK]. The Home Office standard is frequently used by other Government agencies, so in that respect the Police will have similar body armour. For example, Safariland UK Ltd has supplied various Police forces and the Ministry of Defence Police with body armour that meets the Home Office Standard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the tender for providing up to 10,000 sets of protective body armour for prison officers was made public, and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the tender for providing up to 10,000 sets of protective body armour for prison officers was made public, and if he will make a statement.
The Ministry of Justice has awarded a contract to Safariland UK LTD for 6,250 sets of Body Armour for Prison Officers. The Ministry of Justice received two bids from suppliers and accepted one.
This contract was tendered via a Bluelight Commercial Framework. This initial opportunity for this Framework was published by BlueLight Commercial on 8 July 2022 [Provision of General Patrol and Firearms Body Armour - Find a Tender] and then awarded on 16 March 2023 [Provision of General Patrol and Firearms Body Armour - Find a Tender]. The Ministry of Justice, following Cabinet Office guidelines to utilise frameworks where appropriate, conducted a further competition via this framework and subsequently published the award on 22 January 2026 [Supply of Protective Body Armour - Find a Tender].
The Bluelight Framework at the initial opportunity was available for all the market to bid for, so therefore open. The Ministry of Justice has followed all the guidelines and published notices in accordance with the regulations. The process was effective as Frameworks offer the shortest route to contract award and in line with Cabinet Office policy.
The requirements of the body armour for prison officers are ballistic, knife and spike and the product sourced meets the Home Office Standard [Body armour standard 2017: [CAST Publication number: 012/17 Body armour standard 2017 - GOV.UK]. The Home Office standard is frequently used by other Government agencies, so in that respect the Police will have similar body armour. For example, Safariland UK Ltd has supplied various Police forces and the Ministry of Defence Police with body armour that meets the Home Office Standard.
It is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Siobhain. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Newton Abbot (Martin Wrigley) for securing this important debate and for his and other hon. Members’ contributions to it. Of course, we should also welcome the hon. Member for Solihull...
It is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Siobhain. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Newton Abbot (Martin Wrigley) for securing this important debate and for his and other hon. Members’ contributions to it. Of course, we should also welcome the hon. Member for Solihull...
Motion that this House has considered the NHS Federated Data Platform. Agreed to on question.
Motion that this House has considered the NHS Federated Data Platform. Agreed to on question.
I beg to move,
That this House has considered the NHS Federated Data Platform.
We are at a key time for the NHS as it changes from analogue to digital, and data is key to achieving better health results for all our constituents, as well as to the future of the NHS....
I beg to move,
That this House has considered the NHS Federated Data Platform.
We are at a key time for the NHS as it changes from analogue to digital, and data is key to achieving better health results for all our constituents, as well as to the future of the NHS....
I thank the hon. Member for securing this important debate at this critical point. Does he agree that the opaque procurement of the Palantir contract, one of Mandelson’s dodgy deals, is deeply concerning? Does he agree that the full details of Mandelson and the Prime Minister’s visit to the Palantir...
I thank the hon. Member for securing this important debate at this critical point. Does he agree that the opaque procurement of the Palantir contract, one of Mandelson’s dodgy deals, is deeply concerning? Does he agree that the full details of Mandelson and the Prime Minister’s visit to the Palantir...
I agree with the hon. Lady entirely. The secret meeting in 2019 between Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings and Peter Thiel—the founder and chair of Palantir—that started this whole thing, for which there are no minutes, must be clarified as well.
I ask the Minister to consider using the contract renewal...
I agree with the hon. Lady entirely. The secret meeting in 2019 between Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings and Peter Thiel—the founder and chair of Palantir—that started this whole thing, for which there are no minutes, must be clarified as well.
I ask the Minister to consider using the contract renewal...
My hon. Friend is making an excellent case. I know that, in a moment, he will come on to the point that this contract is coming to an end. I am sure that it is being reviewed by the Government—the Minister will respond on that issue—but we are encouraging them...
My hon. Friend is making an excellent case. I know that, in a moment, he will come on to the point that this contract is coming to an end. I am sure that it is being reviewed by the Government—the Minister will respond on that issue—but we are encouraging them...
I think my hon. Friend has been reading my speech in advance. I absolutely agree with him.
I see that the outgoing NHS England chief data and analytics officer, Ming Tang, has publicly joined Palantir’s fightback, saying that the system is delivering—but having introduced Palantir and lobbied to deploy it, she...
I think my hon. Friend has been reading my speech in advance. I absolutely agree with him.
I see that the outgoing NHS England chief data and analytics officer, Ming Tang, has publicly joined Palantir’s fightback, saying that the system is delivering—but having introduced Palantir and lobbied to deploy it, she...
My hon. Friend is making some important points. Just yesterday, I highlighted the Scottish Government’s decision to buy Chinese buses, which come with a serious security risk. It would be wrong of me not to do the same when the UK Government take the same risks. We have some of...
My hon. Friend is making some important points. Just yesterday, I highlighted the Scottish Government’s decision to buy Chinese buses, which come with a serious security risk. It would be wrong of me not to do the same when the UK Government take the same risks. We have some of...
I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend, as do the Prime Minister and the Science and Research Minister.
Turning to the solution, the solution is wrong. There have been many attempts to unify the NHS by using a single IT system; each one has failed. In reality, we must think of...
I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend, as do the Prime Minister and the Science and Research Minister.
Turning to the solution, the solution is wrong. There have been many attempts to unify the NHS by using a single IT system; each one has failed. In reality, we must think of...
My hon. Friend’s expertise in this area is impressive. I recently spent a shift with the South Western ambulance service and saw how critical it was for that service to be able to access both GP and hospital data—we had a lady who had had a heart attack, and we...
My hon. Friend’s expertise in this area is impressive. I recently spent a shift with the South Western ambulance service and saw how critical it was for that service to be able to access both GP and hospital data—we had a lady who had had a heart attack, and we...
I do agree. Palantir will not enable GPs, paramedics or anybody else to see hospital data. They will have to go through Palantir to see that data, and they will not be able to access patient records from the hospital to the GP or vice versa.
Like any data warehouse, Palantir...
I do agree. Palantir will not enable GPs, paramedics or anybody else to see hospital data. They will have to go through Palantir to see that data, and they will not be able to access patient records from the hospital to the GP or vice versa.
Like any data warehouse, Palantir...