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Written question asked by Michael Dugher (Labour) on Tuesday, 24 April 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 April 2012. It was answered by Alan Duncan (Conservative) on Monday, 30 April 2012 on behalf of the Department for International Development.


Procurement: Small Business

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department spent on procurement in the fourth quarter of 2010-11; and what proportion of this was with small and medium-sized enterprises.
Answer

Procurement spend by the Department for International Development in the fourth quarter of 2010-11 was £132.6 millionAt that time, DFID did not track spend with small and medium-sized enterprises and as a result we are unable to provide the proportion of spend that is with SMEs for this period.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
105876; 543 c1228-9W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Department for International Development Procurement Small businesses
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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