Mark Prisk (Shadow Minister (Business and Enterprise), Business; Hertford & Stortford, Conservative)

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what percentage of procurement contracts (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies awarded to small businesses in (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08, (iii) 2008-09 and (iv) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.

Patrick McFadden (Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; Wolverhampton South East, Labour)

The Insolvency Service awarded the following percentage of procurement contracts to small businesses in each of the following financial years:

Letter from Sarah Glasspool, dated 14 October 2009:

The National Measurement Office does not currently record company information as to whether they are SME's therefore it would take a disproportionate amount of time to obtain the information required for this PQ.

Letter from Gareth Jones:

I am replying on behalf of Companies House to your Parliamentary Question tabled on 12 October 2009, UIN 293247, to the Minister of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.

The percentage of procurement contracts awarded to small businesses by Companies House was as follows:-

Letter from Ian Fletcher, dated 15 October 2009:

I am responding on behalf of the Intellectual Property Office to your Parliamentary Question tabled 12 October 2009, to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

The percentage of procurement contracts awarded to small businesses by the Intellectual Property Office is (i) 2006-07: 69%, (ii) 2007-08: 67%, (iii) 2008-09: 60%, and (iv) 2009-10: 46%

Letter from Stephen Speed:

The Minister of State, for the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) has asked me to reply to you directly in respect of your question, what percentage of procurement contracts (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies awarded to small businesses in (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08, (iii) 2008-09 and (iv) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.

The Insolvency Service awarded the following percentage of procurement contracts to small businesses in each of the following financial years: