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Written questions by Turner.

Every parliamentary written question tabled by Laurence Turner this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.

Department:All (356)Department for Transport (99)Department for Education (44)Department of Health and Social Care (41)Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (26)Department for Business and Trade (20)Ministry of Justice (19)Department for Work and Pensions (16)Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (14)Treasury (12)Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (11)Department for Culture, Media and Sport (9)Ministry of Defence (8)

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28 Jan 2025·Northern Ireland Office·Answered
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What contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.

Reply

The Northern Ireland Office does not hold any contracts with BFS Group Limited or subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited.

27 Jan 2025·Department for Transport·Answered
Asked

With reference to Q9 of the oral evidence given by the Chair of Shadow Great British Railways to the Transport Select Committee on 22 January 2025, HC 554, when her Department expects to publish Shadow Great British Railways' delivery plan.

Reply

Officials are working with Shadow Great British Railways to set out and agree what their organisations will deliver both individually and collectively to make a difference for rail customers ahead of the creation of Great British Railways. The Department intends to publish these plans in the Spring.

27 Jan 2025·Department for Transport·Answered
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With reference to Q16 of the oral evidence given by the Chair of Shadow Great British Railways to the Transport Select Committee on 22 January 2025, HC 554, how many people work in GBRX/Great British Railways Innovation (a) by headcount and (b) on a full-time equivalent basis.

Reply

GBRX at present has a core team of 10 people, all of whom are full time.

27 Jan 2025·Department for Transport·Answered
Asked

How many people work in the Great British Railways Transition Team on (a) headcount and (b) full-time equivalent basis.

Reply

The Great British Railways Transition Team, including resource for the Fares, Ticketing and Retail programme, currently has a headcount of 235 staff. This equates to 228.9 full-time equivalent.

27 Jan 2025·Cabinet Office·Answered
Asked

What contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department or (ii) agencies of his Department.

Reply

The Cabinet Office (CO) and its agencies have no record of any contracts awarded to BFS Group Limited, or its subsidiaries.

27 Jan 2025·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
Asked

What contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.

Reply

I can confirm that the Department does not hold any contracts with BFS Group ltd or any of its subsidiary companies. Likewise, the Department’s agencies also do not have any direct contracts with the company or its subsidiaries.

27 Jan 2025·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·Answered
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Innovation and Technology, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.

Reply

DSIT and its agencies do not hold any information on contracts with BFS Group Limited and its subsidiary companies.

27 Jan 2025·Home Office·Answered
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What contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.

Reply

Home Office have no direct contractual relationship with this supplier for the core departmental estate.

27 Jan 2025·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

What contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.

Reply

The Ministry of Justice holds one contract with BFS Group, under Bidfood, for the supply of food to all public prisons. Details can be found at: Prisoner & Non-Prisoner Food Supply - Contracts Finder.

27 Jan 2025·Attorney General·Answered
Asked

What contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.

Reply

The Attorney General’s Office and Law Officers’ Departments (the Crown Prosecution Service, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, Serious Fraud Office, and Government Legal Department) do not hold any contracts with BFS Group Limited or with subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited.

27 Jan 2025·Treasury·Answered
Asked

What contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.

Reply

HM Treasury and its executive agencies do not hold any such contracts.Details of government contracts over £10,000 are published on the Contracts Finder website.

27 Jan 2025·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
Asked

What contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.

Reply

Neither the Department or its executive agencies, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and the UK Health Security Agency, hold any contracts with BFS Group Limited or any of its subsidiary companies.

27 Jan 2025·Department for Education·Answered
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What contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.

Reply

Following a search of the department's contract records for any supplier with “BFS Group Limited” in its name, it has been concluded that there are no live or historical contracts with that supplier.

27 Jan 2025·Ministry of Defence·Answered
Asked

What contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.

Reply

Bidfood, a trading division of BFS Group Limited, currently holds a contract for the Supply of UK Deployable Food. No other contracts between the Department and BFS Group Limited or any of its subsidiary companies have been identified.

27 Jan 2025·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·Answered
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Media and Sport, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.

Reply

All Government Awarded contracts are published on Contracts Finder (for awarded contracts above £12,000) and Find a Tender services for above threshold contracts.Details can be found at https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder and https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Search.

27 Jan 2025·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·Answered
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Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.

Reply

Based on review of available data held centrally, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) does not have any contracts with the company 'BFS Group Limited' or any of its subsidiaries. There have only been a handful of low-value transitions with the vendor across the FCDO network: totalling less than £15,000 from April 2023 onwards. The FCDO does not hold data on behalf of our agencies and so the member will need to engage with them directly for confirmation.

27 Jan 2025·Department for Work and Pensions·Answered
Asked

What contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.

Reply

DWP has no contracts listed with (a) BFS Group Limited or (b) any of its known subsidiary companies. Similarly, we have identified no contracts listed between DWP Arm’s Length Bodies with (a) BFS Group Limited or (b) any of its known subsidiary companies.

27 Jan 2025·Department for Transport·Answered
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What contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.

Reply

After a review of DfT central’s (DfTc) internal systems, we can confirm no contracts were identified with BFS Group Limited and subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited. Following a commission to DfTc’s Executive Agencies, we can confirm that Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) and Active Travel England (ATE) all confirmed they also had no contracts with BFS Group Limited and subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited.

27 Jan 2025·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Answered
Asked

What contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department.

Reply

DESNZ and its agencies do not hold any information on contracts with BFS Group Limited and its subsidiary companies.

27 Jan 2025·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
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Communities and Local Government, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.

Reply

Information about contracts awarded by Ministry for Housing Communities and Local Government and its agencies is available on Contracts Finder or Find a Tender Service, as required under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.Details can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder and https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Search.

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