Dan Carden MP: written questions

Written questions

• Public Sector: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65846More

  Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to consult trade unions on the (a) award of public contracts and (b) appointment of strategic suppliers.

  Answer: The Government is determined to ensure public money spent on public procurement delivers economic growth, supports small businesses, champions innovation, creates good jobs and skills opportunities across the country, and maximises social value. Public se...

  Answered 16 Jul 2025

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• Climate ChangeTreasuryTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65845More

  Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the report by ActionAid UK entitled Who Pays the Price?, published in April 2025.

  Answer: The government is restoring the global leadership needed to tackle the climate and nature crisis, and aiming to make Britain a clean energy superpower with zero carbon electricity by 2030. At COP 29, the Prime Minister announced the UK’s ambitious and cre...

  Answered 14 Jul 2025

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• Statutory Sick PayDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65844More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the level of statutory sick pay.

  Answer: The Government is bringing in changes to Statutory Sick Pay through the Employment Rights Bill which will mean up to 1.3 million low-paid employees will now be entitled to SSP, and all eligible employees will be paid from the first day of sickness absence...

  Answered 14 Jul 2025

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• Employment Tribunals Service: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65843More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to reduce delays to employment tribunal hearings.

  Answer: We are working to reduce delays to employment tribunal hearings by investing in tribunal productivity through the recruitment of additional judges, the deployment of Legal Officers to actively manage cases, the development of modern case management system...

  Answered 15 Jul 2025

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• Government Departments: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65842More

  Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the National Procurement Policy Statement, published on 12 February 2025, when he plans to introduce a public interest test for contracting authorities to assess whether work should be outsourc

  Answer: The Government is determined to deliver high quality public services and better value for money for the taxpayer. The Government is currently consulting on introducing a public interest test to assess whether expiring contracts could be better delivered, ...

  Answered 16 Jul 2025

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