Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of her Department’s (a) ICT (b) stationery and (c) office furniture suppliers are (i) supplied by UK businesses and (ii) manufactured in the UK.

The Government is committed to supporting British business and the products they produce, ensuring they have the best opportunities to win UK public contracts and deliver high-quality goods and services.

Cabinet Office is consulting on a package of further reforms to public procurement to support the Government’s Industrial Strategy.

The Government maintains robust standards across a range of categories on spend and are set out by the Government Buying Standards.

The Ministry of Justice holds one contract for stationary provisions, with the awarded supplier of Banner (UK based), and two contracts for furniture provision, with the awarded supplier of both contracts, Senator International Limited (UK Based).

The Department has 181 unique suppliers of ICT services. 165 of these suppliers are registered as UK based.

The information requested on what proportion is manufactured in the UK is not held centrally.