(2) how many contracts his Department has with social enterprises; and what the value of each of those contracts is.
Businesses that are awarded contracts by the Cabinet Office are not currently required to state whether they are social enterprises and no detailed central record of contracts awarded is held. Therefore the information for the department as a whole is available only at disproportionate cost.
Since 1 April 2007, the Office of the Third Sector within the Cabinet Office has contracted with a number of social enterprises and social enterprise representative bodies either as strategic partners and/or for other services including:
CAN
Cats Pyjamas
Co-operatives UK
Development Trusts Association
The Innovation Exchange
Pack-It
Plunkett Foundation
Prowess
School for Social Entrepreneurs
Social Enterprise Coalition
Social Enterprise London
Social Firms UK
Society Media
Striding Out
The total value of the contracts and grants awarded to the social enterprises since 1 April 2007 is £3,583,300.