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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Contracts

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 20 July 2026UIN 18833

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for government’s most important contracts, Data for October to December 2025 for all departments, published on 31 March 2026, what the title and description are of the two social value KPIs only labelled as social value.

Answered by Blair McDougall

The table below presents the two Department for Business and Trade (DBT) Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for which ‘Social Value’ was included in the KPI descriptions within the October–December 2025 KPI Commission period

Contract Title

KPI Description

Legal services in relation to CPTPP, Canada and Mexico trade negotiations

Social Value - Bi-annual reporting by the Supplier to the Buyer of initiatives of all companies in the supply chain under the contract to identify and tackle inequality in employment, skills and pay in the contract workforce.

Legal Services in relation to the UK - Gulf Cooperation Council Trade Negotiations

Social Value - Bi-annual reporting by the Supplier to the Buyer of initiatives of all companies in the supply chain under the contract to identify and tackle inequality in employment, skills and pay in the contract workforce.

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