To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of central Government procurement spend was with small and medium-sized enterprises on 21 August 2014.
Answered on
3 September 2014
Overall government spend with SMEs has increased from £3 billion in 2009/10 to £4.5 billion in 2012/13, putting us on track to deliver our aspiration of awarding 25% of central government business to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by 2015. Figures for 2013-14 will be published in the autumn.
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