PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Procurement (11 December 2014)

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the amount his Department has spent on public procurement which has reached small and medium-sized firms through its supply chains in each region.

Asked by:
Lucy Powell (Labour)

Information on government suppliers within a specific constituency or region is not held centrally.

Figures provided by major suppliers indicate that for 2012-13 SMEs benefitted by £4bn through the supply chain. Figures for 2013-14 will be published in due course.

A new version of Contracts Finder will be available in due course. This will allow users to search by region and by postcode.

Answered by:
Lord Maude of Horsham (Conservative)
16 December 2014