Written question asked by Jon Trickett (Labour) on Wednesday, 19 June 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 24 June 2019 (named day). It was answered by Oliver Dowden (Conservative) on Monday, 24 June 2019 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

Kier Group: Redundancy

Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assurances his Department has received from Kier that any job losses will not affect public services or projects delivered by Kier.

Original answer: We monitor the financial health of all of our strategic suppliers, including Kier. We remain in close communication with Kier’s management and will continue to discuss their proposed strategy. Kier has a large number of contracts across the private and public sector and we are confident they can continue to deliver quality public services.

The answer was corrected by Oliver Dowden (Conservative)

on Tuesday, 25 June 2019 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

Corrected answer: We monitor the financial health of all of our strategic suppliers, including Kier. We remain in close communication with Kier’s management and will continue to discuss their proposed strategy. Kier has a large number of contracts across the private and public sector and we are confident they can continue to deliver quality public services.
~~Kier has a large number of contracts across the private and public sector and we are confident they can continue to deliver quality public services.~~

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