Prisons: Billing
(asked on 5th March 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether individual prisons in England and Wales are considered contracting authorities for the purposes of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015; and if so, whether they are required to publish payment performance information online under section 113(7) of those Regulations.
This question was answered on 19th March 2019
Individual prisons in England and Wales are not considered contracting authorities under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and do not have authority to contract. They remain under the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) as the contracting authority.