Amber Rudd corrected a written answer on Procurement

26 February 2015 · Commons written answer · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Mr Roger Godsiff (Labour, Birmingham, Hall Green) asked written question 224658 on 20 February 2015. Amber Rudd answered on 25 February 2015 for the Department for Energy and Climate Change, and Amber Rudd corrected the answer on 26 February 2015. The corrected text adds the figures £147,863,946.28, £184,784,757.64, which the original did not give. Altogether 34 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the total value of contracts his Department has with private sector providers was in each of the last five years for which records are available.

Original and corrected answer

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Original	Corrected
The information requested is not held centrally and can only be provided at disproportionate cost. Contracts of the Department are published on the Cabinet Office Website which can be found at: www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk . The Department would be able to provide further contract information by narrowing the scope, if specific procurement projects were identified.	The information requested is not held centrally and can only be provided at disproportionate cost. Contracts of the Department are published on the Cabinet Office Website which can be found at: www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk . The Department would be able to provide further contract information by narrowing the scope, if specific procurement projects were identified. As an indication of departmental spend our financial records show that the following payments have been made to 3 rd party suppliers: April 2013 to March 2014: £184,784,757.64; April 2014 to January 2015: £147,863,946.28.

Original

Corrected

The information requested is not held centrally and can only be provided at disproportionate cost. Contracts of the Department are published on the Cabinet Office Website which can be found at:
www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk .
The Department would be able to provide further contract information by narrowing the scope, if specific procurement projects were identified.
As an indication of departmental spend our financial records show that the following payments have been made to 3 rd party suppliers:
April 2013 to March 2014: £184,784,757.64;
April 2014 to January 2015: £147,863,946.28.

The question and answer on the Parliament website.

Receipt

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Date read	15 October 2026
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