Buses: Procurement
Commons · Question 121173 · Tabled 16 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Euan Stainbank
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to require local authority bus operators to run procurement operations with Government money that include consideration of social value weighting.
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 24 Mar 2026
My Department recognises the importance of social value in public procurement, and government procurement policy requires Central Government Departments to apply a minimum 10% weighting. Whilst this 10% minimum weighting is not mandatory for Local Authori...