Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to undertake an inquiry into the (a) circumstances leading to the liquidation of Carillion and (b) potential range of costs to the tax payer of that liquidation.

The Official Receiver has a statutory duty to identify the cause of the company failure and will investigate directors’ behaviours as part of this. More details can be found on their website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/insolvency-service