To ask the Secretary of State for Health
(1) whether his Department has a policy on requirements for the provision of (a) apprenticeships and (b) other training by (i) his Department's prime contractors and (ii) suppliers in the supply chain of such contractors;
(2) what the annual value is of his Department's current contracts in each sector in which contracts are held;
(3) how many apprenticeships have been created directly by contracts with his Department in each of the last three years.
The Department does not have a specific procurement policy relating to the provision of apprenticeships or other training requirements in relation to prime contractors or those within the extended supply chain.
The Department has calculated the annual value of contracts through a subset of the purchase order information contained within its Business Management System.
The following table shows the number of contracts and monetary value.
Category | Total spend (£) | |
Clinical and Medical | 45,470,165.81 | |
Medical and Surgical Consumables | 3,000.00 | |
Clinical and Medical Total | 45,473,165.81 | |
Construction | Building Repair and Maintenance | 166,754.18 |
Construction Total | 166,754.18 | |
Energy and Utilities | Electricity | 15,276.56 |
Gas | 4,500.00 | |
Water | 9,079.64 | |
Energy and Utilities Total | 28,856.20 | |
Facilities | Accommodation Services | 1,325,994.26 |
Building Management | 22,308,320.97 | |
Catering | 83,601.83 | |
Cleaning | 58,458.64 | |
Food | 16,150.05 | |
Office Furniture | 131,834.41 | |
Security | 15,026.28 | |
Facilities Total | 23,939,386.44 |
Fuels Lubricants and Gases | Fuels | 21,272.56 |
Fuels Lubricants and Gases Total | 21,272.56 | |
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) | Hardware | 887,810.07 |
Maintenance and Support | 93,698,198.35 | |
Managed/Outsourced Services | 36,715,745.77 | |
Networking | 39,570,534.35 | |
Software | 1,010,160.71 | |
Systems Delivery | 1,045,659.90 | |
Telecoms | 1,390,965.34 | |
ICT Total | 174,319,074.49 | |
Logistics | Supply Chain Business Process Outsourcing | 1,616,275.00 |
Warehousing and Storage | 577,696.07 | |
Logistics Total | 2,193,971.07 | |
Marketing and Media | Advertising | 3,475.40 |
Communication Services | 409,976.13 | |
Marketing | 61,291.33 | |
Promotion | 92,302.79 | |
Marketing and Media Total | 567,045.65 | |
Office Solutions | Office Consumables | 3,058.10 |
Office Machines | 117,595.99 | |
Office Supplies | 114,098.66 | |
1,680,601.85 | ||
Records Storage | 150,563.53 | |
Reprographics | 91,129.74 | |
Office Solutions Total | 2,157,047.87 | |
Operational Goods and Services | Clothing | 9,056.45 |
Learning and Development Materials | 14,758.00 | |
Learning and Development Services | 15,174.00 | |
Operational Goods and Services Total | 38,988.45 | |
Personnel Related | Events Admissions | 29,414.31 |
HR Business Process Outsourcing | 699,224.81 | |
Professional Subscriptions | 22,361.00 | |
Staff Childcare | 17,509.50 | |
Staff Health and Safety | 441,135.11 | |
Staff Medical Care | 57,426.10 | |
Staff Relocation | 13,509.25 | |
Staff Subscriptions | 33,378.10 | |
Personnel Related Total | 1,313,958.18 | |
Professional Services | Temporary Workers | 169,258.27 |
Professional Services Total | 169,258.27 |
Professional Services Consultancy | Finance Consultancy | 2,457,986.73 |
Human Resource Training and Education Consultancy | 39,498.78 | |
IT/IS Consultancy | 745,856.26 | |
Legal Consultancy | 329,129.90 | |
Marketing and Communications Consultancy | 1,098,115.30 | |
Organisation and Change Management Consultancy | 1,212,820.67 | |
PPM Consultancy | 1,837,628.06 | |
Property and Construction Consultancy | 63,933.58 | |
Strategy Consultancy | 134,037.01 | |
Technical Consultancy | 3,573.05 | |
Professional Services Consultancy Total | 7,922,579.34 | |
Professional Services Financial Services | Accountancy Services | 775,085.18 |
Audit Services | 596,818.40 | |
Credit Services | 60,583.94 | |
Finance Business Process Outsourcing | 27,472.64 | |
Pension Services | 152,759.82 | |
Professional Services Financial Services Total | 1,612,719.98 | |
Professional Services Learning and Development | Careers Development Services | 179,233.06 |
Staff Training and Development | 1,970,970.22 | |
Professional Services Learning and Development Total | 2,150,203.28 | |
Professional Services Other | Business Process Outsourcing Services | 204,753,574.07 |
Clinical Support Services | 661,638.41 | |
Communication Services | 39,135.00 | |
Environmental Services | 4,670.50 | |
Interpretation and Translation Services | 8,295.68 | |
Legal Services | 8,665,367.29 | |
Operational Services | 30,478,176.11 | |
Outsourcing | 193,158.90 | |
Professional Services Other Total | 244,804,015.96 | |
Professional Services Technical Services | Engineering Services | 5,975.00 |
Professional Services Technical Services Total | 5,975.00 | |
Professional Services Temporary Staff | Interim Managers | 1,570,168.41 |
Specialist Contractors | 27,388,853.20 | |
Temporary Workers | 3,946,458.54 | |
Professional Services Temporary Staff Total | 32,905,480.15 |
Social Care | Adult Social Care | 46,000.00 |
Child Social Care | 4,470.00 | |
Emergency Services | 207,474.81 | |
Social Care Total | 257,944.81 | |
Travel | Booking Services | 59,048.38 |
Events Organisation | 345,623.24 | |
Rail | 2,594,756.40 | |
Taxi | 22.50 | |
Travel and Subsistence Non Staff | 39,241.43 | |
Travel Total | 3,038,691.95 | |
Vehicles | Fleet Management | 237.60 |
Leasing | 5,933.12 | |
Vehicles Total | 6,170.72 | |
Waste Management | Waste Management Services | 790.44 |
Waste Management Total | 790.44 | |
Grand Total | 543,093,350.79 |
From the period
The Department is currently aware of two apprenticeship placements that work directly on contracts awarded by the Department and these are within the ICT arena.
Yes1 person thinks so
No0 people think not
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