Asked by: Baroness Young of Old Scone (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what was discussed and what actions were agreed under agenda item 4(c) regarding the Planning and Infrastructure Bill at the meeting on 15 October of the Trade Specialised Committee on Level Playing Field for Open and Fair Competition and Sustainable Development under the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement.
Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
At the meeting in question, UK officials provided an overview of the Bill’s contents and an update on its progress through Parliament. The UK agreed to provide a further update once the Bill receives Royal Assent.
Asked by: Baroness Young of Old Scone (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the announcement in Autumn Budget 2017, published on 22 November 2017, that “the Department for Transport, the Department of Health, the Department for Education, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Defence will adopt a presumption in favour of offsite construction by 2019 across suitable capital programmes”, how often offsite options have been (1) offered as part of the decision on a contract, (2) agreed, and (3) rejected, by each such Department.
Answered by Lord True - Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
The requested contractual information is not held centrally by the Cabinet Office as these contracts are awarded by departments and their delivery bodies.
Since the announcement of the presumption in favour of off-site construction, the government has continued to drive the agenda of modernising construction by working with the Department for Transport, the Department of Health, the Department for Education, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Defence, as well as publishing documents such as The Construction Sector Deal and Transforming Infrastructure Performance, which outlines the government’s plan to improve the delivery and performance of infrastructure and boost construction sector productivity.
Asked by: Baroness Young of Old Scone (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what reports by (1) the Department for Transport, (2) the Department of Health, (3) the Department for Education, (4) the Ministry of Justice, (5) the Ministry of Defence, and (6) the Government, have been made on the implementation and progress towards their policy of those Departments adopting a presumption in favour of offsite construction by 2019; and whether any such reports have been published.
Answered by Lord True - Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
The requested contractual information is not held centrally by the Cabinet Office as these contracts are awarded by departments and their delivery bodies.
Since the announcement of the presumption in favour of off-site construction, the government has continued to drive the agenda of modernising construction by working with the Department for Transport, the Department of Health, the Department for Education, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Defence, as well as publishing documents such as The Construction Sector Deal and Transforming Infrastructure Performance, which outlines the government’s plan to improve the delivery and performance of infrastructure and boost construction sector productivity.
Asked by: Baroness Young of Old Scone (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total value of the offsite construction contracts which have been awarded by (1) the Department for Transport, (2) the Department of Health, (3) the Department for Education, (4) the Ministry of Justice, and (5) the Ministry of Defence, in (a) 2017, (b) 2018, and (c) 2019.
Answered by Lord True - Shadow Leader of the House of Lords
The requested contractual information is not held centrally by the Cabinet Office as these contracts are awarded by departments and their delivery bodies.
Since the announcement of the presumption in favour of off-site construction, the government has continued to drive the agenda of modernising construction by working with the Department for Transport, the Department of Health, the Department for Education, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Defence, as well as publishing documents such as The Construction Sector Deal and Transforming Infrastructure Performance, which outlines the government’s plan to improve the delivery and performance of infrastructure and boost construction sector productivity.