To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they are ensuring that medium-sized providers of welfare to work services can effectively compete with large-scale prime providers.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they are ensuring that medium-sized providers of welfare to work services can effectively compete with large-scale prime providers.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to protecting small voluntary sector niche providers in introducing the welfare to work programme.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to protecting small voluntary sector niche providers in introducing the welfare to work programme.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the legal costs of cancelling last year's phase 1 contracts with employment providers to deliver phase 1 of the Flexible New Deal.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the legal costs of cancelling last year's phase 1 contracts with employment providers to deliver phase 1 of the Flexible New Deal.

Lords debate on motion to call attention to plans to introduce automatic enrolment in workplace pensions. Motion withdrawn.

Lords debate on motion to call attention to plans to introduce automatic enrolment in workplace pensions. Motion withdrawn.

Flexible New Deal (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2009 (SI 2009/1562). Lords debate on a motion to take note. Agreed to on question.

Flexible New Deal (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2009 (SI 2009/1562). Lords debate on a motion to take note. Agreed to on question.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures are in place in the process for tendering public sector contracts to protect local specialist providers of services from exploitation by prime contractors.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures are in place in the process for tendering public sector contracts to protect local specialist providers of services from exploitation by prime contractors.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what appeals are available to local service providers who consider that they have been unfairly excluded by large-scale providers who are successful in bidding for public service contracts.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what appeals are available to local service providers who consider that they have been unfairly excluded by large-scale providers who are successful in bidding for public service contracts.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how they scrutinise contracted-out public services to ensure that contracts are honoured by successful contractors.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how they scrutinise contracted-out public services to ensure that contracts are honoured by successful contractors.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What steps they are taking to ensure that the new commissioning arrangements from private sector and voluntary sector providers tendering for welfare to work contracts in future deliver support to enable homeless people to find and hold down jobs.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What steps they are taking to ensure that the new commissioning arrangements from private sector and voluntary sector providers tendering for welfare to work contracts in future deliver support to enable homeless people to find and hold down jobs.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of the contract agreed with external suppliers to outsource the call centre element of the proposed information and guidance service to support the proposed Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of the contract agreed with external suppliers to outsource the call centre element of the proposed information and guidance service to support the proposed Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they have recently agreed arrangements with private sector contractors for the future provision of large-scale information technology services to the Department for Work and Pensions.

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they have recently agreed arrangements with private sector contractors for the future provision of large-scale information technology services to the Department for Work and Pensions.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What plans they have to consult on the contracting process to be used by (a) the private sector; (b) not-for-profit organisations; and (c) charitable organisations in the future provision of Welfare to Work services.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What plans they have to consult on the contracting process to be used by (a) the private sector; (b) not-for-profit organisations; and (c) charitable organisations in the future provision of Welfare to Work services.