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Civil Servants: Training

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 2 December 2025UIN 93741

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how the contract for the One Big Thing 2024 platform and evaluation was procured; and whether Wazoku was appointed through open competition.

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

Access to the Wazoku Platform for One Big Thing 2024 was provided through an existing contract between Wazoku and the Ministry of Defence (MoD). MoD had access to unlimited external licences, which they made available to the Cabinet Office for use for One Big Thing.

The evaluation was done internally in the Cabinet Office by the Joint Data Analysis Centre.

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