Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to require companies running public services to become more transparent about their performance and financial data and be subject to Freedom of Information legislation; and if he will make a statement.

The Public Accounts Committee report “Contracting out public services to the private sector”, published on 14 March 2014, covered both of these issues.

The Government is currently preparing its response, which will be published in due course.

The report can be found at:

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmselect/cmpubacc/777/77702.htm