Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the oral evidence given by John Manzoni, Permanent Secretary to the Cabinet Office, to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee on 15 January 2018, what the evidential basis was for his statement that there were 35 strategic suppliers when only 29 are listed in the document entitled Crown Representatives and Strategic Suppliers (September 2017).

Government continually reviews the portfolio of strategic suppliers and is in the process of identifying new strategic suppliers to add to the list. This update will be announced in due course.