Government Contracts: Small Businesses

Part of Cabinet Office – in the House of Commons at on 23 September 2021.

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Photo of Steve Barclay Steve Barclay Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

We are increasing opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises in a variety of ways, from transparently publishing contract pipelines to simplifying the bidding process. Those measures are working. The latest procurement figures show that £15.5 billion was paid to SMEs to help deliver public services. That is the highest since records began in 2013 and a £1.3 billion increase on the previous year.