Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2022 to Question 108299 on Prison Education Review, what role the central contract management team has in the commissioning of larger Dynamic Purchasing System contracts.
The Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) is designed to enable governors to commission innovative, local projects that meet the needs of their prisoners. Where a DPS contract is delivered on multiple sites and relates to business priority deliverables, the contract management team will undertake additional assurance activity.