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Government Departments: Procurement

Asked by Alex SobelLabour (Co-op)Cabinet OfficeTabled Answered 31 October 2024UIN 11029

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department plans to publish the debarment list.

Answered by Georgia Gould

The Procurement Act 2023 (the Act), which received Royal Assent in October 2023, creates a new debarment regime, including a public debarment list.

As of the 24th February 2025 the Act comes into force, at which point debarment investigations can be started and the debarment list can be created.

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