Oral Question·Cabinet Office
“What recent assessment he has made of the value for money of public contracts with private sector providers.”
Tabled: 16 April 2026Answered: 23 April 2026
Asked by
Lorraine Beavers
Labour — Blackpool North and Fleetwood
Answering Minister
the Minister for the Cabinet Office
Answer from Hansard
The Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Nick Thomas-Symonds)
My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office, is doing great work to ensure that public procurement is on the side of working people. Outsourcing by default has not delivered, so a new public interest test would ensure that outsourcing decisions are based on value for money, social value, market and economic impact, and capability and capacity.