PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Government Departments: Technology (12 September 2018)
Question Asked
What estimate he has made of the proportion of public procurement spending on digital and technology services placed with small and medium-sized enterprises in each of the last three years.
Asked by:
Dr Caroline Johnson (Conservative)
Asked by:
Dr Caroline Johnson (Conservative)
Answer
The Government’s Digital Marketplace has opened up opportunities for almost 5,000 small and medium businesses.
In August, we announced that over £4 billion has been spent through the Marketplace since 2012, and almost half of that - £1.9 billion - has gone to smaller businesses.
And between 2015-16 and 2017-18, spending with SMEs has almost doubled.
Answered by:
Sir Oliver Dowden (Conservative)
12 September 2018
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