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Written question asked by Jim Cunningham (Labour) on Thursday, 12 October 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 17 October 2017 (named day). It was answered by Caroline Nokes (Conservative) on Tuesday, 17 October 2017 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.


Government Departments: Procurement

Question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the level of Government procurement from small and medium-sized enterprises.

Answer

On 11th October 2017 we published the latest small and medium-sized enterprises’ spending performance figures:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/central-government-spend-with-smes-2015-to-2016

These show that government spent £12.2 bn in 2015-16 with small and medium sized enterprises, more than we have ever before recorded.

The Government remain committed to a challenging target to ensure that a third of their procurement spending is with small businesses by 2022, and we are continuing to take action to achieve that.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
107413
Session
2017-19
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Subjects
Government departments Procurement Small businesses
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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