Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 121173
Buses: Procurement
Tabled: 16 March 2026
Answered: 24 March 2026
Question
Euan Stainbank
Labour — Falkirk
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to require local authority bus operators to run procurement operations with Government money that include consideration of social value weighting.
Answer
Simon LightwoodMy Department recognises the importance of social value in public procurement, and government procurement policy requires Central Government Departments to apply a minimum 10% weighting. Whilst this 10% minimum weighting is not mandatory for Local Authori...
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