Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Secretary of 10 January 2018, Official Report cols. 307-8, on Government Contracts: SMEs, whether the Carillion contingency plans contain plans to retender the contracts referred to.
Our priority is to keep public services running. We have extensive contingency plans and are working hard to minimise any disruption.
We have worked closely across government with all affected departments and stakeholders to develop robust contingency plans that enable us to maintain the continuity and mitigate impacts to public services where possible. It would not be appropriate to speculate on commercially sensitive discussions at this time.
As these plans contain commercially sensitive information it would not be appropriate to publish them.
We will of course keep the House updated on developments as they arise.