Cabinet Office written question – answered at on 5 September 2011.
Data are not available to determine the proportion of central Government procurement expenditure to social enterprises.
Information on central Government spend to the voluntary and charitable sector (including both grants and contracts) is available through Departmental Business Plans, published at:
http://transparency.number10.gov.uk/transparency/srp/
Latest figures for 2009-10 have been published by 11 central Government Departments to date, totalling £1.27 billion. This figure will include some grants and contracts to social enterprises.
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