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Debate between Alec Shelbrooke and Karen Lumley
Monday 28th November 2011

(12 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Alec Shelbrooke Portrait Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell) (Con)
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4. What steps he has taken to ensure that work contracted by his Department will not be moved offshore.

Karen Lumley Portrait Karen Lumley (Redditch) (Con)
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16. What steps he has taken to ensure that work contracted by his Department will not be moved offshore.

Chris Grayling Portrait The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Chris Grayling)
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We have a policy to control contracted work being offshored. Our suppliers are required to seek approval before they offshore any contracted work. Those approvals are predicated on their meeting stringent guidelines. I should also say that, as a team of Ministers, we have indicated very clearly to our suppliers that we will not countenance seeing existing UK employment offshored.

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